Santosh Trophy: Entrepreneur Shamsheer Vayalil keeps his word, honours Team Kerala with Rs 1 crore
Malappuram: As Kerala won the Santosh Trophy tournament against West Bengal in a penalty shootout (5-4), making it their 7th consecutive win in history, UAE based entrepreneur Dr Shamsheel Vayalil has declared to honour the team with Rs 1 crore as announced earlier.
Dr Vayalil congratulated the team in a tweet while announcing the reward.
“What a great match! Congrats Team Kerala, for raising the Santosh Trophy for the 7th time. Delighted to honour you with the Rs 1 crore reward announced earlier. Well played West Bengal,” he said in the tweet.
VPS Healthcare MD Shamsheer had announced earlier in a tweet that he will offer Team Kerala a cash prize of Rs 1 crore if they lift the trophy and has now declared the cash prize in another tweet.
What a great match! Congrats, Team Kerala, for raising the Santosh Trophy for the 7th time. Delighted to honour you with the Rs. 1 crore reward announced earlier. Well played West Bengal. #In7thHeaven #SantoshTrophy https://t.co/apdQlZp2SB pic.twitter.com/NYm49Imh3T
— Dr. Shamsheer Vayalil (@drshamsheervp) May 2, 2022
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
