Mandya: Names of Urigowda, Nanjegowda replaced at entrance prior to Modi’s road show
Mandya: The controversial ‘Urigowdaru Mattu Dodda Nanjegowdara Mahadwara’, put up for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Mandya on Sunday, was taken off on Saturday night, following severe criticism.
The entrance named after Urigowda and Nanjegowda has been replaced by ‘Shri Shri Shri Balagangadharanath Swamiji Mahadwara’, for the event.
Modi will inaugurate the Rs 16,000-crore Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway project in Mandya on Sunday. He will also hold a road show on the occasion.
The ‘mahadwara’ installed for the event was severely criticized on social media, with Twitter users calling it cheap, vote bank tactics of the BJP in a district where Muslims and people of the Gowda community live in harmony. Some had alleged that the BJP and the RSS were ‘desperate’ to convert into reality a story of Urigowda and Nanjegowda, who were merely fictional characters created by the RSS a few years ago.
Following also an intense demand that the flexes be removed immediately and the name of the ‘mahadwara’ also be changed, the entrance was replaced overnight before the inaugural of the expressway project.
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Man killed in flat ceiling plaster crash, wife and son hurt
Thane (PTI): A 45-year-old man was killed, and his wife and son were injured when a portion of plaster from the ceiling collapsed in their flat in a seven-storey building in Thane on Saturday, officials said.
Chief of the Regional Disaster Management Cell, Yasin Tadvi, said the 16-year-old building is not listed in the "dangerous" category.
"The incident occurred in Karumdev Society at about 3 am. The plaster of the hall in a flat on the terrace floor suddenly fell while the occupants were asleep", he said.
Of the four people who were inside the room, two suffered minor injuries and were discharged after primary treatment, Tadvi stated.
The injured persons were identified as Arpita More (42), who suffered minor head injuries, and her son Arush More (16), who sustained injuries to both legs.
Manoj More (45), who sustained chest injuries, died during treatment at a private hospital.
