Tejaswini Ananth Kumar appreciates Nikhil for going strawless, urges others to emulate

Team Udayavani, Apr 7, 2019, 1:25 PM IST

Bengaluru: BJP state vice president Tejaswini Ananth Kumar on Saturday, April 6 mentioned a word of praise for Nikhil Kumaraswamy, JD(S) candidate from Mandya while expressing her concerns towards environmental protection.

Referring to a video of Nikhil, which was recently aired on Kannada television channels wherein he can be seen drinking tender coconut water without using a straw, Tejaswini urged others to take a lesson from him.

Tejaswini who is associated with ‘Adamya Chetana’, an organistion which works for environment protection, reasoned that the straws that are thrown away end up in water bodies and landfills and create problems for the animals.

Nikhil Gowda doesn’t use straw for drinking tender coconut. This maybe for whatever reason?.
We will also do the same, bcoz everyday lacks of plastic straws are used. These straws end up in water bodies and land fills. Lets directly drink from coconut or carry a steel straw.

— Chowkidar Tejaswini AnanthKumar (@Tej_AnanthKumar) April 6, 2019

Meanwhile, a few people objected to her choice of example while tweeting her concern towards protection of nature.