"What more does he have to do?" Shashi Tharoor comes out in support of Sanju Samson after ODI snub
Tharoor shares meme, questions BCCI for dropping Kerala cricketer
Thiruvananthapuram: Senior Congress leader and MP from Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor on Thursday once again batted for Kerala batsman Sanju Samson and extended support to the calls of his selection into the Indian team.
Tharoor took to his official Twitter handle and raised questions over dropping the wicket-keeper batsman from the Indian national team for the upcoming Sri Lanka ODI series.
He shared a meme that he said was being widely shared in Kerala. The meme claimed despite having the highest batting average in ODIs among Indian batters, Samson still missed a deserved match at his home venue Trivandram.
India is set to play one of the ODI matches in Kerala’s Trivandrum.
“This meme about @IamSanjuSamson is going around in Kerala. I have to say I agree with it. What more does he have to do to get a deserved place in India’s ODI XI?” Tharoor wrote in his tweet besides tagging the official handle of BCCI in it.
Tharoor has on several occasions extended support to the fans of Sanju Samson who largely claim that the Kerala cricketer gets ignored by the BCCI due to his South Indian origin.
This meme about @IamSanjuSamson is going around in Kerala. I have to say I agree with it. What more does he have to do to get a deserved place in India’s ODI XI? @BCCI pic.twitter.com/w4eL7kSfEd
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) December 29, 2022
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Hampi temple bans bananas to prevent overfeeding of elephant
Hampi: A 7th-century shrine of Lord Shiva in Hampi has banned bananas in its premises, stating that devotees tend to overfeed the temple elephant as well as litter the place of worship with banana peels.
The management of Virupaksha temple said on Thursday that they decided on the ban for the good of the temple, the elephant as well as the devotees.
"We saw that the devotees get overzealous in their attempts to feed the elephant, which is not only harmful to the elephant concerned, but it also makes the place very dirty. The devotees leave behind banana peels and even the plastic bags that they bring the bananas in," said Hanaumantappa, temple endowment officer, to PTI.
The temple authorities also said ever since the reports of the ban came out, they have been getting a lot of calls asking about the ban.
Hanaumantappa appealed to people not to take the banana ban out of context and make it into a controversy.
"This is a local matter. We made the decision based purely on what was happening inside our temple premises," added Hanaumantappa.
Virupaksha temple is often referred to as 'Dakshin Kashi' and it sees at least 5,000 devotees every day. On special days and weekends, the crowd surges further, reaching even 50,000 a day, said sources from the temple.
