Mangaluru, Nov 9: “Owing to the relentless support of Congress ministers and MLAs to illegal activities in Dakshina Kannada district, the situation has escalated to a point that an activist was murdered in broad daylight,” said BJP leader and MLC Capt Ganesh Karnik.
Addressing the gathering at a protest organised by Mangaluru unit of BJP against the decline of law and order system in Dakshina Kannada district and Karnataka state, opposite Town Hall in Hampankatta here on Monday, he said that the elected representatives belonging to Congress party behaved such that the police department existed merely for their convenience.
“While a total of 23,000 girls and women went missing in the state after the Congress came to power in Karnataka, there are daily reports in the newspapers of girls being raped in the state. There are incidents where small children are raped in schools, and chain snatchers are on the rise. Crime has escalated while the police department has failed in preventing the crime rate from rising, he said, blaming the Congress government for its failure in good governance,” he said.
Pointing out that crime such as cattle trafficking, illegal sand mining and crimes against women was also prevalent in Dakshina Kannada, he said that people should become aware of all the illegal activities undertaken by the government. After the several fake promises made by CM Siddaramaiah, the people of the state have been bestowed with ‘Kattale Bhagya’ (power cuts), he said, adding that the people would declare their mandate in the next Assembly elections after two-and-a-half years.
BJP district leader Sulochana G Bhat lambasted the state government for compensating when a cattle trafficker Kabeer was shot dead in Shivamogga district, and sidelining the murder of Bajrang Dal activist Prashanth Poojary in Moodbidri.
“The state government is fooling around with the feelings of the majority. While Hindu youth are booked in cases under severe charges for no reason, scientists like Bhagwan get away without any case against them, even after making an inflammatory statement about consuming beef. There is a similar trend in Dakshina Kannada district of Congress MLAs lending support to accused involved in clashes with saffron activists,” she said.
Criticising the state government for declaring Tipu Jayanti, she said, “Tipu Sultan was a ruler who committed vast atrocities on about 80,000 people during his rule. He forced them to walk relentlessly from Goa to Mysore without food and water. He was one who destroyed several Hindu temples and forced conversions to Islam; one who forced Persian language on Kannada-speaking people in the state. Now, the government is set to observe his birth centenary despite him being a cruel ruler,” she said.
MP Nalin Kumar Kateel, BJP district president Pratap Simha Nayak, Ravishankar Mijar, former MLA Yogish Bhat, Sudheer Shetty and others were present on the occasion.
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