BRS leader Kavitha urges Telangana govt to postpone Miss World event amid India-Pak conflict

Just hours before the Miss world pageant was set to begin here, BRS MLC K Kavitha on Saturday urged the Telangana government to reschedule the event due to the ongoing military conflict between India and Pakistan.

Referring to the rescheduling of IPL matches following the tense situation, Kavitha said the state government should also consider postponing the Miss World event.

“ We should not appear very trivial in making such decisions. We should not appear like we are sponsoring an entertainment programme at this point of time, so I strongly request the Telangana state government to reschedule this Miss World event because IPL is a very huge Entity and it also has been rescheduled paying respects to the armed forces,” she told PTI videos.

The Miss World pageant is all set to get underway on Saturday with the opening ceremony at the indoor stadium at Gachibowli here, as India is scheduled to host the pageant for the second consecutive year.

Kavitha further said though the Miss World event is popular and is watched widely across the world , it is not appropriate to hold beauty pageants at this time of war in the country.

On Friday, in support of Operation Sindoor and in solidarity with the Indian Army, Kavitha led a rally from Indira Park to RTC Cross Road here. She paid a tribute to Murali Nayak, a soldier who was martyred while performing his duties on the border.

Reacting to Kavitha’s demand, Congress Lok Sabha member Chamala Kiran Kumar said the Telangana government is not the organiser of Miss World, but merely a facilitator.

He said the state government’s role is limited to providing necessary infrastructure and security to the event and the understanding for conducting the event was signed long before the present situation, with Miss World Ltd.

“If the event has to be postponed, it will be stopped at this moment by the event management or Miss world Limited , which is a United kingdom based company, only. Kavitha wants to do politics. She wants to say something irrelevant and nonsense. She has to understand because she is an educated woman and also a politician. She knows the state's role in this,” the Congress leader said.

He further said the management of the Miss World believed that Telangana is the safest place and capable of providing infrastructure, so the organisers chose this city.