SDPI hails writers for returning awards in protest against saffron terrorism

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October 10, 2015

Mangaluru, Oct 10: The Social Democratic Party of India, (SDPI) has welcomed the returning of the prestigious national literary awards to the government by two well-known litterateurs in protest to spree of violence engulfing the country leading to communal cauldron boiling especially in the poll bound states.

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SDPI national president A. Sayeed in a statement said that intellectuals like Nayantara Sahgal, Ashok Vajpeyi and Uday Prakash love their country and countrymen above all else. However, India's tragedy is that the intelligentsia is rendered useless by the thugs and the psychopaths who, drunk with power, are wreaking havoc on the nation.

Sayeed said: “We, as a society do not value any writer's or an intellectual's contributions. All we care for is which caste you belong to and which party you may support. There is no room for constructive criticism. Because, we as a country have stooped so low that we just criticize every voice against the ruling supremo. Isn't this the soft terrorism of targeting any kind of dissidence? This is what is exactly manifesting in physical forms in Dadri, Muzaffarnagar, brutal killings of writers, intellectuals, etc.

He said that Ms. Sahgal speaking her mind has rightly pointed out in an open letter titled "Unmaking of India", referring to the lynching of an innocent Muslim by a fierce mob in Dadri on Delhi outskirts over suspicion of eating beef, and also the killings of renowned Kannada writer M M Kalburgi and rationalists Narendra Dabholkar and Govind Pansare. This shows that BJP and its Government have got no credibility among intellectuals. Violence and terrorism are on the increase due to its ideology. Innocents and minorities are at the receiving end and have become helpless, he added.

However, Sayeed said, the act of returning awards do not in any way would stop the hatred culminating in the hearts of one another. How can the rationale writers can expect that mere PM's speaking can stop these incidents which have been in the society in one or the other form since time unknown?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi being under pressure, probably seeing the BJP graph dipping in poll-bound Bihar, opened his mouth about communal violence terming the rabble rousers’ provocative statements are intended for political gains and appealed for communal harmony between Muslims and Hindus and together fighting against poverty.

However, he spoke nothing about taking to task neither the BJP leaders delivering venomous speeches filled with hatred nor the perpetrators of shameful Dadri lynching and other such rampant violent incidents across the country on Muslims, Christians and Dalits, the statement said.

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March 22,2024

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Bengaluru, Mar 22: An FIR has been registered against BJP MP Tejasvi Surya over a provocative hate post on social media, Election Commission officials said on Friday.

The move comes after a complaint filed by officials of the poll body and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) that the Bengaluru South MP, who is also the President of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, had in a post apparently targeted a minority and spread enmity between two communities.

He also made a similar post on March 19 on X and YouTube which went viral. He has 1.3 million followers on X, thereby influencing the voters and disturbing the communal harmony between the communities, it further alleged.

Based on the complaint, an FIR was registered at Halasuru Gate police station on March 20 under sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony), 295 A (Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) of the Indian Penal Code and the Representation of the People Act, the officials said.

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March 27,2024

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Gokarna (Uttara Kannada): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Wednesday said the Congress will decide about making him the Chief Minister in future, bringing to the fore again the issue of leadership change.

There was stiff competition between Siddaramaiah and Shivakumar for the Chief Minister's post after the Assembly election results in May last year, and the Congress had managed to convince the latter and made him the Deputy Chief Minister.

There were some reports at the time that a compromise had been reached based on a "rotational Chief Minister formula," according to which Shivakumar will become CM after two-and-half years but they have not been officially confirmed by the party.

During a temple visit here, a priest prayed that God's blessings may be showered on Shivakumar, and he became the Chief Minister.

Speaking to reporters here in Uttara Kannada district, Shivakumar, who has in the past made no secret of his ambition to become Chief Minister, amid speculations of change in guard mid-way of the Assembly term, responded to talk in some political circles about the leadership issue.

"What's wrong if a priest expresses his desire before God while praying? The priest has expressed his desire. Now Siddaramaiah is the Chief Minister, I'm working as Deputy Chief Minister under him, also as party's state President. People speak about it and desiring it (Shivakumar should become CM) is a different matter, it will be decided by our party," Shivakumar said.

"Now we are all working under the leadership of Siddaramaiah, and our desire is that the state should progress further under his leadership," he said.

"There will be people including supporters and priests, who pray for us, they will express their opinion. Can we stop them from doing it? At the temple it is between God and his disciple, they have expressed their feelings to God," Shivakumar added. 

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March 27,2024

Bengaluru: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday launched simultaneous raids in multiple places, including Bengaluru and Shivamogga.

Reports suggested that the ongoing raids are in connection with the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Bengaluru’s Rameshwaram Cafe on March 1. The blast had injured at least ten people as per the police report.

The Central Crime Branch (CCB) had launched an investigation alongside the NIA, and the trail of the suspect led them to Tumakuru first and subsequently to Ballari. Investigators believe that the bomb was planted by Mussavir Hussain Shazib, a handler of the Islamic State’s Shivamogga module who was aided by another IS handler called Ahmed Taahaa.

Sources in the know said that Shazib and Taahaa had stayed in Chennai for about a month between January and February using fake credentials. The names of the suspects were identified after they traced the cap worn by Shazib to a shop in a mall in Chennai. The cap, which was abandoned by the bomber in Bengaluru after the blast, was reportedly bought by Taahaa, around January-end.

As per the NIA, Shazib hails from Masjid Road in Thirthahalli, Shivamogga district, and Taahaa from Fish Market Road, Soppu Gude, Thirthahalli Rural. Both "wanted" suspects have been termed "absconders" by the NIA.

The NIA has questioned seven jailed terror suspects so far in connection with the blast. The investigation agency had also obtained seven-day custody of a jailed terror suspect named Maaz Muneer Ahmed.

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