Mangaluru, Sep 29: In view of the growing incidents of immoral rowdyism in coastal Karnataka, over two hundred participants took part in a peaceful protest rally ‘Shantiyuta Nadige’ organised by the district unit of Youth Congress from Lalbagh to Kankanady here on Tuesday, in order to spread awareness among people in the district in this regard.
After garlanding the bust of Mahatma Gandhi at Lalbagh junction, the protest rally was inaugurated in front of Mangaluru City Corporation here in the presence of Congress leaders such as Minister for Forest B Ramanath Rai, MLC Ivan D’Souza, Mangaluru North MLA Mohideen Bava, Youth Congress district president Mithun Rai, Shashidhar Hegde, Suresh Ballal and a few corporators.
The rally was undertaken as part of efforts to condemn the rising incidents of immoral rowdyism or ‘goondaism’ by communal elements in the district.
The protest rally culminated at Kankanady market ground where a public meeting was held. Leaders such as Vikyathananda Swamiji from Sri Hosmaru Kshetra, administrator of Father Muller Medical College Hospital Fr Richard Coelho, Ivan D’Souza, Mohideen Bava and others spoke on the occasion.
Addressing the gathering at Kankanady market ground, Vikyathananda Swamiji said that the communal elements were indulging in acts of goondaism in an attempt to disrupt the peace and harmony among people in the district, but all attempts in this direction should be defeated in order to let peace prevail in the society.
Reflecting on the same, Fr Richard Coelho said that people belonging to different communities should come together to defeat the communal elements and the police department should take strict action to curb illegal activities by those who took the law into their own hands.
Ivan D'Souza said that communal forces could be defeated if all citizens joined hands to rid the forces from disrupting the society.
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