BJP won’t allow Tippu Jayanti celebration: Jagadish Shettar
Hubballi, November 4: Saying that the state government should not celebrate Tipu Jayanti against the feelings of people, former chief minister Jagadish Shettar said that the government would be held responsible if any untoward incidents happened during Jayanti celebration.
Speaking to reporters at his residence here on Sunday, Shettar said that the BJP would not allow the Tippu Jayanti. Earlier, Kumaraswamy had opposed Tippu Jayanti celebration. Now, it was not fair to conduct the celebration from the government, he said.
“We won’t oppose if the Congress and JDS celebrate Tipu Jayanti as their programme. But we would not accept spending public money just to appease one particular community”, he cleared.
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Abhigyan Kundu hits 209 not out for first-ever double ton in Youth ODIs for India
Dubai (PTI): Wicketkeeper-batter Abhigyan Kundu on Tuesday created history with first-ever double ton in Youth ODIs for India, scoring an unbeaten against Malaysia in the U-19 Asia Cup match here.
The 17-year-old Kundu thus recorded only the second instance of a double century in Youth ODIs after South Africa's Jorich Van Schalkwyk, who had scored 215 off 153 balls against Zimbabwe earlier this year in Harare.
Batting at No 5, the left-handed Kundu hit an overall 19 fours and seven sixes to smash 209 not out off only 125 balls.
His knock powered India U-19 to a huge 408 for seven batting first.
Earlier in the same tournament, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi had scored a 95-ball 171 against the UAE, which is overall the ninth highest individual score in the format.
