Bengaluru: Sandalwood villain of yesteryears Lakshman passes away
Bengaluru: Kannada film actor Lakshman, who was known for his portrayal of supporting and negative characters, died of heart attack in the city on Monday morning, aged 77.
Lakshman, who had been fighting age-related health problems for some time, developed chest pain on Sunday afternoon and was admitted to a private hospital in Nagarbhavi. Since the doctor, who read the ECG report declared him to be fine, Lakshman returned home.
On Monday morning, the senior actor died of a heart attack.
His body has been kept at his residence in Moodalpalya, for people to pay their respects.
Lakshman, who was a native of Bengaluru, worked in a factory before joining the film industry. He acted in more than 200 movies and worked with Raj Kumar, Vishnuvardhan, Ambareesh and Rajanikanth, among other stars. He is considered the most popular actor in a negative role opposite ‘Rebel Star’ Ambareesh. Lakshman had struck a note with the audience with his fine performance as supporting actor in movies like ‘Yajamana’, ‘Sooryavamsha’ and ‘Olavina Udugore’.
Many prominent persons from the film industry have expressed their sorrow at the death of the senior actor and have offered their condolences to Lakshman’s family.
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BJP has history of ‘contradictory alliances’, says BK Hariprasad
Bengaluru: Congress MLC B. K. Hariprasad has launched a sharp attack on the BJP, accusing the party of hypocrisy over its criticism of alliance politics in Tamil Nadu.
In a post on X on Friday, Hariprasad said BJP leader B. L. Santhosh criticising the Congress party’s alliance politics in Tamil Nadu was “not just laughable, but the height of political contradiction.”
He said the Congress has always joined hands with like-minded parties to protect secular and democratic values in the country.
Hariprasad questioned the BJP over several of its past and present alliances across the country. Referring to Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tripura, Bihar and Maharashtra, he accused the BJP of sharing power with parties it had earlier criticised.
He alleged that the BJP had aligned with separatist and corruption-linked political forces in different states for political gains.
“The BJP, which speaks against alliances today, should first look at its own political history,” he said, adding that the party’s record was full of “contradictions and changing stands.”
Hariprasad also accused the BJP of using central agencies such as the Enforcement Directorate, Income Tax Department and CBI as political tools to target opposition leaders, topple governments and influence electoral mandates.
He further claimed that the people of Tamil Nadu had strongly rejected the BJP and its ideology in the recent election.
“Congress forms alliances to protect the Constitution, secularism and national unity, while the BJP enters into alliances only for power,” he said.
