Saacha' to launch legal battle against Somasekhara Commission report

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February 2, 2011

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Mangalore, February 2: Suspecting the credibility of the controversial church attacks report recently submitted by Justice BK Somasekhara Commission of Inquiry, the Dakshina Kannada unit of Saamvidhanika Chalavali ('Saacha'/Constitutional Movement) has decided to launch a legal battle against it after conducting an analytical study.

Addressing the media persons at Press Club here on Wednesday, Lolaksha, Working President of AHINDA said that 'Saacha' will prepare a comprehensive report on the attacks in association with National Law School of India University, Bangalore.

'Saacha' will commence its study soon after it receives the evidences and video clippings of the sessions of inquiry conducted by Somasekara Commission.

The study area includes the situation of series of attacks on churches across the state, backdrop reasons for selecting Justice BK Somasekhara as Chairman of the Commission, social structure of the Commission, the roles played by government lawyers, reasons for selecting those government lawyers, style of the inquiry, evidences, the contradictions between interim and final reports of the Commission, reasons and structures of both reports, recommendations, responsibility, use and misuse of Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952, limitations of the Act and amendments for the act if necessary and other aspects of the report.

He said “The attacks on Churches were indeed attack on democracy and constitutional values,”

Suresh Gatty, Member of 'Saacha' said that though VHP leader MB Puranik had accompanied Mahendra Kumar who is prime accused in the incident in a press meet, the Somasekhara Commission did not enquire him, indicating its prejudice and failure.

Awareness Programme

'Saacha' will conduct various awareness programmes on the failure of the Commission. Silent procession, exhibition of photographs and video clippings of church attacks, seminars at national level etc will be organised to create the awareness.

PV Mohan, District Convener of Saacha, Muhammad Kakkinje, President of SCHRO, Dennis D'Silva and others were present at the press meet.

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Mar 11: The Karnataka government on Wednesday started a campaign called 'Namaste over Handshake' that encourages people to greet in the traditional Indian style, to tackle the spread of coronavirus.

The campaign also includes health advice on how people can protect themselves from the infection by adopting hygiene practices such as regularly washing hands to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

As part of the campaign, the state health and family welfare department has uploaded a poster on the social media, featuring a 'Bharatnatyam' dancer draped in a red saree saying 'Namaste'.

"Use Namasthe to greet others, fight against corona" read a message on the poster online.

The poster has health helpline numbers (104 and 011- 23978046) for public queries on the viral disease, which has claimed 4,251 lives worldwide.

A health department official told PTI that as part of the campaign, posters have been uploaded on social media and it would be printed and despatched to different districts to be put up at important junctions.

"We had been working on this idea. Kerala has already done it. They are using Kathakali dancers whereas we are using a Bharatanatyam dancer as our model," the official said.

Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar too had insisted that people should adopt 'Namasthe' or 'Namaskara' to greet people instead of handshakes or hugs.

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According to police, the culprits covered their face with masks and after assaulting watchman they broke open the main door and tied up Vijayaraghav and his wife Asha before robbing the valuables.

The culprits took away Rs 2.5 lakh in cash and valuables worth over Rs 10 lakh.

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Lucknow, Feb 24: The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board on Monday accepted the five acres of land provided for construction of the mosque in Ayodhya.

The Board also decided to form a trust to oversee the construction of the mosque.

The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by the Board's Chairman Zufar Faruqui.

Apart from this, the trust will also construct a charitable hospital, public library and a centre showcasing the heritage of Indo-Islamic civilisation which will also serve as a research and study centre for the same, according to a press release by the board.

The appointment of members to the trust will be announced following its creation, the release added.

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The apex court had further directed the government to allocate an alternative five acres of land at a prominent location in Ayodhya for the construction of a mosque to the Sunni Waqf Board.

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