Conspiracy to flare communal riots ahead of Lok Sabha polls'

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January 22, 2014

Mangalore, Jan 22: The district unit of Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike (KKSV) said that a fact-finding committee had been formed to investigate the incidents of immoral policing and 'goondagiri' in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Chikmagalur districts in 2013 and the findings of the committee would be released in the form of a report shortly.

Presenting the highlights of an interim report of the fact-finding committee, state general secretary of the organisation K L Ashok said that even though seven months had passed after the formation of the new state government, the sensitive situation in the coastal region had gone unaddressed. The government has been unable to control communal incidents or provocative speeches in the district, he said.

He said that the fact-finding committee had made a survey of 121 incidents in Dakshina Kannada which were communal in nature, out of which 45 were instances of moral policing in which fundamentalists of both religions were involved.

Citing several examples of communally provocative incidents across the state, he said that such incidents were a prelude to impending communal clashes in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Chikmagalur. It is a big conspiracy by the Sangh Parivar and the RSS to flare up communal riots in the three sensitive districts prior to the upcoming elections in the country with the intention of gaining vote banks, he said.

Blaming the Congress-led state government on being unable to take strict action against immoral policing and other communal instances, Mr Ashok said that the Congress was undertaking 'a soft Hindutva policy', although it should have arrested the culprits responsible for such instances.

'Strict punishment for culprits of either religion'

With regard to the communalisation of crimes such as Deralakatte forced sex case and the recent Facebook/nude images case, he said that the crimes were being communalised merely for political mileage, and urged strict action against the accused in both the cases.

KKSV district president Suresh Bhat Bakrabail also spoke on the occasion, while district vice-president Ali Hasan, secretary Ismath Fajeer, P B D'Sa from PUCL, Mohammed Kabir Ullal and others were present.

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DK-Udupi local authorities' constituency by-poll: 4 candidates – Cong, BJP, SDPI, Ind – in fray

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October 8,2024

Mangaluru: The by-election to the legislative council from the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi local authorities' constituency will be a contest among four candidates. An independent candidate, Muhammed Riyaz, has withdrawn his nomination on Monday, the last day for withdrawal.

Deputy commissioner Mullai Muhilan MP stated that candidates Kishore BR (BJP), Raju Poojary (Congress), Anwar Sadat S (SDPI), and Dinakar Ullal (independent) will be in the fray.

Polling will be held at 392 booths in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts between 8am and 4pm on Oct 21.

A total of 6,032 voters from Dakshina Kannada and Udupi are eligible to vote. While there will be 234 polling booths in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi will have 158 stations. Gram panchayat members, corporators of the Mangaluru City Corporation, members of city municipal councils, town municipal councils, town panchayats, MLAs, MLCs, and Lok Sabha members are eligible to vote.

Election observer of the Election Commission of India (ECI), Pankaj Kumar Pandey, reviewed the poll preparations at the deputy commissioner's office on Monday. He issued directions to officials regarding arrangements to be made during the election and counting of votes.

The deputy commissioner stated that out of 6,032 voters, 3,127 are women and 2,905 are men. He said the counting of votes will be held at St Aloysius PU College in the city on Oct 24.

Udupi deputy commissioner Vidya Kumari K, city police commissioner Anupam Agrawal, Dakshina Kannada ZP CEO Anandh K, Dakshina Kannada SP Yathish N, Udupi SP Arun K, and additional deputy commissioners Santhosh Kumar G and Mamatha Devi were present.

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