At CFI event, Jignesh Mevani announces setting up of SSS to counter RSS

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February 14, 2017

Mangaluru, Feb 14: Jignesh Mevani, a prominent social activist from Gujarat, on Tuesday announced the setting up of Samvidhan Suraksha Samiti (SSS)?to counter the influence of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangha (RSS)?in the country.

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Mevani, an advocate by profession, was addressing the cadres of the Campus Front of India (CFI) during its students vigil conference organised at Town Hall in the city.

The conference titled ‘Mothers Cry for Justice’ aimed at ensuring justice for Radhika Vemula, mother of Rohit Vemula, and Nafeesath, mother of Najeeb Ahmed. Vemula, a research scholar at the Central University of Hyderabad (CUH) committed suicide allegedly due to some issues with the university authorities, a year ago. Najeeb Ahmed, a student of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU),?New?Delhi, went missing mysteriously from the campus on October last.

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The activist also announced that it was for the first time that he was disclosing before the media about the Samiti that will have its branches in every state and district in the country. Wherever the RSS?has a branch, the SSS will set up a branch, said?Mevani, with the sole intention of checking the recurrence of Rohit Vemula and Najeeb Ahmed-like incidents henceforth.?

Mevani launched a tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and dared the latter to bring back Najeeb and also Vemula, as he often called himself as a man with ‘Chappan Inch Ka Seena’ (man with 56-inch chest).

Mincing no words, Mevani who called the RSS and other right wing organisations as emerging threats to the internal security of the country, especially after Modi became the prime minister, reminded the gathering that ‘Note Bandhi’ (demonetisation of notes), ‘Manuvad’ (proposition of religion) and the Gujarat model are three dangerous developments in the country.

Mevani termed the Gujarat model as nothing but a combination of fascism and communalism that claimed the lives of hundreds of innocent Muslims in the Godhra pogrom.

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Prof P?Koya, national general secretary of the National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations (NCHRO) from Kerala, appealed to the gathering to remove the wet blanket of fear that has enveloped the country.

Koya said, such is the fret among the people that they have accepted demonetisation of currency notes without any protest. The judiciary and media have turned mute without mustering courage to raise the voice fearing loss of benefits in the future.

He complimented the judiciary in the United States of America (US)?where a judge was pugnacious in opposing the ban on immigrants from seven Islamic nations imposed by new US?President?Donald Trump.

National president of CFI?Shuhaid P?V?gave a clarion call to weed out fascism that is the enemy of not just the society but all individuals.

Shuhaid, who claimed that CFI?was the first to call the suicide of Vemula as ‘institutional murder’, wanted the gathering to consider the issue of demonetisation, national education policy and also attempts to scuttle students movement as the issue of every Indian.

Former chairman of Karnataka State Backward Classes Commission C S Dwarakanath, national general secretary of CFI T?Abdul Nasar, Rohit Vemula’s friend Sunganna Velpula, writer Yogesh Master and general secretary of national women’s front Lubna Minaaz were also present.

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Naren kotian
 - 
Friday, 17 Feb 2017

hahaha sam , ninna thamma nannu neenu nodkoppa ... 3-4 wives maintain maadbeku andre thammma nige chennagi maalish maadi chennagi nodko ... cehnnagi dry fruits tinnu :)
RSS discipline makla neevu talakambalaka hodedru follow madlikke saadya illa ... sumne maklu hottisi number game inda prapancha control maadthini anno brame bidi ... quality mukhya maams , quantity alla

sam
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Thursday, 16 Feb 2017

Naren thamma RSS hegella jana serisuthidru , matthu hege janaranna manga madthidru antha sogasagi heliddane...olleya experience untu thammanige...

Naren kotian
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Thursday, 16 Feb 2017

waste of money ... these rallies are needed for them to raise funds in gulf for their jihad ....bidi kattorna and fish sellers na sersi ondu rally madi bidodu ... 99% of them are from their own community .My friend told me one lady said biryani kodthivi banni andu chitranna and mosranna kotru , duddu 500 kodthivi antha heli 100 rs kotru ...antha higga mugga baithidlanthe :) haha ... adakke PFI navanu helidnanthe , en maadakke agathe ammi , modi demonetization and NGO black money mele kannu haaki bitidaane ... so funds sigtha illa , hawala kashta agtha ide ... dana kaddiro duddinalli hego arrange madidivi please bamma olagade andu hodnanthe :) hahahaha... ishte hanebaraha ... RSS is cadre based party , this gang has no discipline , just by nos u cannot build powerful organisation .

Hamid
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Wednesday, 15 Feb 2017

Students voice ..good coverage by CD

Hindustan Hamara
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Wednesday, 15 Feb 2017

No RSS member will join this group. This is just to break Muslim unity. No Muslim should join any group lead by non Muslim until and unless governments ban RSS and rss offshoot groups completely. We have been suffering from same tactics since last 70 years.

shaji
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Wednesday, 15 Feb 2017

Dear Viren, now all indians know who are the Indian agent of ISI. Dont try to be saint as your real face is exposed. You people swear collaborating with British Govt at the time of hundreds of thousands of indians were fighting against British and sacrificing their lives You were hiding in the toilet of British rulers giving their enjoyment. You bull shits have no right to stay in india. |Go either to Pakistan and join your masters or go to England to do chaprasi of Goras. You can not hide your dirty jackal face.

S.M. Nawaz kuk…
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Wednesday, 15 Feb 2017

Very nice to see Campus Front Student organization united and loud their vigil stand against injustice happening in College campus for Parents of Students who lost their children be it Rohit Vemula or Najeeb.

Political forces utilizing Communal propaganda through ABVP in college campus and making problem in religious matter. We need to throw out ABVP \Manu Smriti\" and make strong foundation in B R Ambedkar's constitution through CFI"

S.M. Nawaz kuk…
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Wednesday, 15 Feb 2017

Very nice to see Campus Front Student organization united and loud their vigil stand against injustice happening in College campus for Parents of Students who lost their children be it Rohit Vemula or Najeeb.

Political forces utilizing Communal propaganda through ABVP in college campus and making problem in religious matter. We need to throw out ABVP \Manu Smriti\" and make strong foundation in B R Ambedkar's constitution through CFI"

Dodanna
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Wednesday, 15 Feb 2017

By the grace of GOD, now a days most of our youngsters are with good education and well capable to decide about their future. They are well aware which is right and which is wrong.
To kick out any sort of criminal and anti national communal group from our HOLY LAND INDIA students and youngsters are the main part and the Feb/14th gathering at TOWN HALL is a good sign and challenge to such anti INDIA Criminal group. Hope very soon they will vanish all sort of anti INDIA criminal group from our HOLY LAND INDIA.

Jai Hind !

Viren Kotian
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Wednesday, 15 Feb 2017

U set up SSS or join hands with ISI, we never care you. a day will come when RSS will reach each and every household in India. all religions will accept RSS.

Suhaib
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Wednesday, 15 Feb 2017

Great......Viren Burnol e gathi..................ABVP tuss agali.........either you jump to CFI or hide somewhere....................now your dirty mind will be behind CFI........but you can not do it as its not person based.....its ideology based.,..............

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The initiative, spearheaded by Deputy Commissioner and MCC Administrator Darshan HV, aims to bridge "missing links" in the current system that have left residents grappling with overflowing sewage and environmental hazards.

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The announcement follows a high-intensity phone-in session on Thursday, where the DC was flooded with grievances from frustrated citizens. Residents, including Savithri from Yekkur, described a harrowing reality: raw sewage from apartments leaking into stormwater drains, creating a "permanent stink" and turning residential zones into mosquito breeding grounds.

"We are facing immense difficulties due to the stench and the health risks. Local officials have remained silent until now," one resident reported during the session.

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Mangaluru, Dec 15: Air India Express has announced that it will resume direct flight services between Mangaluru and Muscat from March 2026, restoring an important international air link for passengers from the coastal region.

Airport authorities said the service will operate twice a week—on Sundays and Tuesdays—from March 1. The initial flights are scheduled on March 3, 8 and 10, followed by March 15 and 17, with the same operating pattern to continue thereafter. The flight duration is approximately three hours and 25 minutes.

The Mangaluru–Muscat route was earlier operated under the 2025 summer schedule, with services beginning on July 14. At that time, Air India Express had operated four flights a week before suspending the service.

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The resumption of direct flights to Muscat is expected to significantly benefit expatriates, business travellers and others, further strengthening Mangaluru’s air connectivity with the Gulf region.

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December 15,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 15: Educational institutions in Mangaluru that rely on the popular Mangala Stadium for their annual sports events are bracing for an inconvenience as the city's key sporting venue is set to close its gates for a significant upgrade. The stadium is expected to be unavailable for approximately two months starting from January 15, 2026.

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"Colleges will now be organizing their events and will need to find alternative locations to host their sports meets," Dsouza added. He suggested a few potential venues, including the Dakshina Kannada police ground, University College grounds, Panambur grounds, Swaraj Maidan in Moodbidri, and the Mangalore University sports grounds in Konaje.

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Dr. P Dayananda Pai - P Satisha Govt First Grade College, Carstreet, is one such institution dependent on the stadium. Principal Jayakar Bhandary expressed hope for a swift completion of the work. "We expect the work to be completed at the earliest. If not, we will be forced to look for other venues to host the sports day for our students," Bhandary said, highlighting the pressing need for the city's main sporting facility.

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