Minister Munirathna drops plans of biopic on Urigowda-Nanjegowda
Bengaluru: Karnataka Horticulture Minister Munirathna has declared that he has withdrawn the idea of making a movie on legendary heroes Urigowda and Nanjegowda, following a political and also societal difference in opinion.
Munirathna, who spoke to reporters on Monday morning, said that he had visited the Adichunchanagiri Mutt and met the seer Sri Nirmalananda Swami. “I would not like to make statements that hurt people’s sentiments. Behaving in such a lowly manner is also not my nature. I have, therefore, dropped the idea of not only making a biopic on Urigowda and Nanjegowda but also speaking on the matter from now,” he clarified.
The minister, who owns the ‘Vrushabhadri Productions’ studio, had earlier said that he wished to make a biopic the legendary Vokkaliga heroes, who killed Tipu Sultan, as claimed by the BJP. He had also gotten the name of the biopic registered following the arguments on the chieftains and declared the date of launch of shooting.
Following the advice by the Adichunchanagiri Mutt seer, however, Munirathna has withdrawn his plans of the biopic.
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Congress names candidates for 8 Haryana LS seats, fields Kumari Selja, Deepender Hooda
Chandigarh (PTI): The Congress on Thursday announced candidates for eight of the nine Lok Sabha seats it is contesting in Haryana, fielding former Union minister Kumari Selja, Rajya Sabha MP Deepender Hooda and youth leader Divyanshu Budhiraja, besides two sitting MLAs.
The party has also fielded former MP Jai Prakash and leaders Satpal Brahmachari and Mahendra Pratap, according to the list released late Thursday evening.
The Congress is contesting nine of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana. It has not yet announced its candidate for the Gurugram constituency.
The Aam Aadmi Party, a constituent of the opposition INDIA bloc, will contest the Kurukshetra seat.
Congress general secretary and former Union minister Selja will contest from the Sirsa (reserved) seat and sitting MLAs Varun Choudhary and Rao Dan Singh from the Ambala (reserved) and the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Lok Sabha seats, respectively.
Deepender Hooda, son of former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, will enter the fray from Rohtak. He has represented the Rohtak parliamentary constituency three times in the past.
Jai Prakash has been fielded from Hisar, the Congress' Haryana youth wing president Divanshu Budhiraja from Karnal, Satpal Brahmachari from Sonipat and Mahendra Pratap from Faridabad.
