'God made me not to participate in Tipu Jayanti who destroyed church'
Former Minister Pramod Madhwaraj's video goes viral
Udupi: State government celebrating Tipu Jayanti may be right or wrong. But, when I was MLA and minister, God made me not to participate in Tipu Jayanti programme because Tipu had destroyed church," said Udupi district former in-charge Minister Pramod Madhwaraj.
A video clip of him speaking at the Golden Jubilee celebrations of St. Peter's Church in Pethriya, near Brahammavara on December 10, has gone viral on social networking sites.
Pramod Madhwaraj was the legislator of Udupi constituency when the government started the celebration of Tippu Jayanti in 2015. Pramod was absent from Tippu Jayanti program that was organized by the district administration in Udupi Bannanje.
"When I was MLA and minister, our government had celebrated Tippu Jayanti. It may be right or wrong. But I did not get the opportunity to participate in that Tippu Jayanti celebration. It was God, who made me not to attend the programme because Tipu's army had destroyed this church," he said.
In 2016, when Pramod Madhwaraj was the district in-charge minister, Tipu Jayanti programme was organised at Lions Bhavan in Brahmmagiri, there also he remained absent. The public, then, had expressed displeasure over the minister when he missed the scheduled programme and had gone to Bengaluru for a day.
Similarly, in 2017, he had to inaugurate the Tipu Jayanti programme at Rajatadri in Manipal. But, there also he had given a miss.
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Iran state TV says it was hit in strikes amid war escalation
Tehran: Iranian state television has said it was targeted by military strikes after a series of powerful explosions were reported in the capital Tehran.
The broadcaster said it was hit but remained on the air, adding that “the technical team is assessing the damage”. This is not the first time the network has been affected during conflict; its facilities were struck in previous clashes between Iran and Israel.
The report came as heavy strikes continued to rock parts of Tehran and other Iranian cities after joint military action by the United States and Israel.
