Minister cancels son’s wedding reception, donates towards Kodagu

Team Udayavani, Aug 23, 2018, 12:42 PM IST

Mandya: Minister C S Puttaraju, called off the reception party of his son’s wedding which was scheduled on August 26.

The minister claimed that his son’s wedding reception, beegara oota was to be held on August 26. After visiting the flood affected Kodagu, the minister decided to provide Rs.10 lakh towards rehabilitation work at Kodagu.

Puttaraju said, “My son’s wedding was held in Mysuru and we had decided to have a post-wedding feast in Pandavapura taluk on August 26. We had even distributed invitations to the guests. However, I felt it is not right to have a lavish dinner when thousands of people have been rendered homeless due to floods in Kodagu district. Hence, I am donating the money meant for the dinner to Chief Minister’s Kodagu relief fund,”

“When I visited the flood-affected region of Kodagu, the victims there were requesting me to get their homes built. Mandya and Kodagu share close connections. Hence, it becomes our responsibility to extend help to the affected people, who have lost all their possessions. After the urban local body elections are held, I will collect funds from the people of the district, industrialists and others to construct houses for them,” he added.