Mangaluru, Dec 28: With the New Year's Eve just around the corner, the coastal city of Mangaluru is set to embrace 2018 with celebrations and parties and the police is taking all precautionary measures to maintain law and order.
On the other hand Hindutva groups that believe that New Year bash is a Western and Christian culture, have warned the party organisers and revellers against displaying obscenity and vulgarity. They have urged authorities not to issue permission for any types of DJ parties and close down all establishments in the city by11pm.
A delegation of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal on Wednesday called on Mangaluru city police chief T R Suresh and alleged that some of the hotels and pubs in city have organised vulgar dances and drug parties in the name of New Year celebrations.
Sharan Pumpwell, Bajrang Dal leader said that girls below 18 years of age dancing with boys in public spaces after getting drunk is unacceptable to them.
"Jihadi elements are using this as a platform to lure girls from majority community for drug abuse and sex. We are against such parties,” he said, adding that city police should not grant permission to such parties.
"Most of the parties in Mangaluru are flocked by youths from neighbouring state Kerala, who are also trouble mongers in these events. We will hold city police responsible if any untoward incidents take place be it scuffle or molestation," Sharan warned.
Meanwhile, Mr Suresh has issued warning against those take law into their hands. He also said that the police would follow new year guidelines issued by High Court.
Hubballi, Jan 28: Charting that the Bharatiya Janata party’s Central leaders have not given a free-hand to the Chief minister B S Yediyurappa on the issue of expansion of Cabinet, former Chief minister and the Congress leader Siddaramaiah had opined that 'it has hampered the State’s development'.
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