Cong govt forcing cops to arrest innocent Hindutva leaders: VHP

Udupi, Oct 12: Members of the Hindu Jagrana Vedike (HJV) and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) staged a dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Wednesday against what they termed as “anti-Hindu” policies of the Congress-led State government and against the arrest of leaders and activists of Hindutva groups.

In a memorandum addressed to the Governor and submitted at the Deputy Commissioner’s office, these organisations said that the State government, led by the Congress, was obstructing the social and religious activities of the majority Hindu community. It was forcing the police to arrest innocent activists of the Hindutva groups.

There was an undeclared Emergency in the coastal districts. There were systematic attempts to snatch the rights of the Hindus. The government had placed restrictions on Jagadish Karanth, Regional Organising Secretary of Hindu Jagrana Vedike, from attending Hindu conventions.

The activists of the Hindutva groups were prevented by the personnel of police and forest departments from purifying the statue of Deyi Baideti, the mother of the legendary heroes of Tulu Nadu, Koti-Chennayya, which had been earlier defiled in Dakshina Kannada district. This was nothing but an assault on the democratic rights of the citizens.

B. Ramanath Rai, Minister for Forests and Environment, had openly directed the police to foist cases against RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat and get him arrested. The police had raided the houses of leaders of pro-Hindu groups who had tried to stop untoward incidents during the funeral procession of the RSS worker, Sharath Madivala, who was murdered in Dakshina Kannada recently. Instead of taking action against cow slaughterers, the government was targeting cow protectors, the memorandum said.