‘Shoot and kill Modi if you have the guts’: Ex-BJP leader Belur Gopalakrishna’s video sparks row

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March 5, 2019

Bengaluru, Mar 5:  The video footage of a month old controversial speech delivered by former BJP leader Belur Gopalakrishna has not started going viral on social media after the Bharatiya Janata Party tweeted a clip of it demanding legal action against him. 

Speaking at an event organized by the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee on February 4, Mr Gopalakrishna, in a bid to condemn those who justify the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, had gone on to extent of asking the anti-democratic forces to kill Prme Minister Narendra Modi instead. 

“Those who speak for Nathuram Godse, the man who killed Mahatma Gandhi, should not be in this country, friends. If they try to kill the country’s democracy, if you have the guts, you should shoot and kill your Modi. You won’t have to kill anybody else,” Gopalakrishna is heard saying in the video.

In a tweet, BJP said Gopalakrishna had posed “a national threat” and urged Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Bengaluru City police commissioner to take action. “This is a national threat & this man is waging a direct war on the nation,” BJP leader and former minister Aravind Limbavali said in a tweet.  

Gopalakrishna was earlier with the BJP. He joined the Congress in April 2018 after he failed to get the BJP ticket to contest from the Sagar Assembly constituency. Gopalakrishna had contested on the BJP ticket and defeated his relative and Congress candidate Kagodu Thimmappa in 2004 and 2008. He unsuccessfully contested on the JD(S) ticket in 2013.

The BJP also asked Rahul Gandhi to take action against the Karnataka Congress leader whose statements stand in contrast to the remarks made by Gandhi on "hate politics" earlier.

"Well @RahulGandhi we remember you saying you don’t endorse hate politics but now that your own party leader has openly called for assassination of democratically elected PM of this Nation would you act on him ? If you don’t act it clearly means you endorse his words," tweeted Karnataka BJP.

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February 24,2020

New Delhi, Feb 24: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is conducting raids at more than 20 locations in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The latest raids are being carried out in connection with ISIS conspiracy cases.

More details are currently awaited regarding the cases.

Meanwhile, NIA had on February 15 filed a charge sheet against two Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) terrorists before the agency special court, Jammu. The two terrorists are identified as Khalil Ahmad Kayani (34) and Mohammad Nazeem (23), both residents of Haveli Farwad Kahuta district in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).

The case is related to the arrest of the two accused near Nilkanth Nala, approximately 700 metres inside the Indian side of LoC, in Gulmarg Sector of Baramulla district.

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January 5,2020

Udupi, Jan 5: The district administration has identified 460 beneficiaries who will be allotted flats at Herga under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, informed MLA Raghupati Bhat.

Speaking to reporters here on Sunday he said the Udupi Municipal Council will construct the apartments in the 8.22 acres of land earmarked for the purpose at Herga. The flats will be ready before April 2021.

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January 12,2020

Bengaluru, Jan 12: Protesters plan to intensify their anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act movement from sit-down satyagrahas and rallies to street and door-to-door campaigns in different parts of the city.

The street campaigns began on January 1 with 20-30 volunteers of Hum Bharat Ke Log, reaching out to people in Koramangala and Whitefield and explaining the CAA, National Population Register (NPR), National Register of Citizens (NRC) and related issues. They have organised four campaigns.

According to Zia Nomani, member of Hum Bharat Ke Log, the campaign will intensify soon. “Over 200-400 volunteers will organise nukkad sabhas and other activities around JP Nagar and Banashankari,” Nomani said.

She added that though protests began as a medium for people to vent their concerns, more needs to be done.

“We have realised that many people have begun working on their personal documents and want to help them understand what CAA is all about,” Nomani said.

Volunteers will talk to people at street junctions, discuss issues and run signature campaigns. They say: “Our movement is focussed on reaching out to people. Pro-CAA workers too started a door-to-door campaign last week.”

Avani Chokshi, an advocate who participated in a campaign, said though people had a cursory idea about these issues, they didn’t know the details. “It through such campaigns that we can reach more people. It’s important to talk to people who haven’t made up their mind about the issues or are even pro-CAA,” said Avani, adding, “It hard to combat hatred in a short span of time. The movement needs to be sustained.”

Activist Geeta Menon, who has been at the forefront of the street campaign, says they were heckled at some places.

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