Congress candidate Mithun Rai wearing saffron shawl during campaigning stirs discussion
Mangaluru: Right ahead of the Lok Sabha Election, Dakshina Kannada Congress Candidate Mithun Rai has stirred a discussion among the people, as the Youth Congress leader was spotted wearing saffron shawl (generally accredited to BJP, Sangh Parivar and organisations bearing Hindutva ideologies) instead of the Congress shawl.
On Thursday, Mithun shared pictures of his campaigning activities in Bantwal on Facebook, which caught attention of the people. One picture of party workers’ bike rally and workers' convention in Vamadapadavu in Bantwal Taluk particularly was the talk of the town as all his supporters were seen wearing Saffron shawl, confusing people if it was a Congress candidate’s rally or BJP’s.
However, when Mithun was campaigning in Melkar, he and his party workers and supporters were all seen wearing the Congress shawl.
The photos are widely being shared and discussed on popular social media applications Facebook and WhatsApp. While some criticized Mithun for being a soft Hindutva leader, others defended him saying it is individual choices to wear any color which is not important.
Some BJP workers have added that merely wearing a Saffron shawl will not get Mithun votes of Hindus, while some have added that Mithun chooses his shawl according to the locality he is campaigning and whichever religion dominates that particular area he wears the shawl accordingly.
In the run up to the elections, this shawl debate is only expected to get more intense and can turn out to be a deciding factor during the election.
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Fire damages 10 shops in Mumbai; no casualty
Mumbai (PTI): A fire broke out at a commercial structure in Mumbai, damaging around 10 shops, officials said on Sunday.
There were no casualties in the blaze, which was reported at 11.31 pm on Saturday on D B Marg opposite a mall in the Mumbai Central area, they said.
The fire was confined to electric wiring, installations and equipment in around five large and seven small shops spread over nearly 5,000 sq ft on the ground and first floors of the structure, a civic official said.
Firefighters doused the blaze by 3.50 am on Sunday, the official said.
The cause of the fire was not yet known.
