Mangaluru
Hundreds of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) members took part in a protest march seeking justice for Dinesh who breathed his last after he was assaulted by a BJP worker Krishna D in Kanyadi near Dharmasthala Village recently.
The protest march took place from Dr B R Ambedkar Circle to the Clock Tower in the city. SDPI leaders after meeting the victim’s family members, started a vehicle rally from Belthangady via B C Road, Farangipete reached Mangaluru City.
Addressing the protesters, state president of SDPI Abdul Majid, slamming the BJP-led government in the state, said, “Are you (BJP) running a government in the state. Is this the justice you have given to a Dalit who was killed by a Sangh Parivar worker. After committing such an offence, he is out on bail in 15 days and threatening the family members of the victim. What kind of police and prosecution is this,” he questioned.
“The government gives Rs 25 lac to the Harsha’s family who was involved in communal riots but it has not given a single rupee to the family of two Muslim youths who were slain by the Hindu organisation workers and not even to the family of Dinesh who is a Dalit”, he almented.
Rs 25 lac given to slain “rowdy sheeter” Harsha’s family taxpayers’ not “Bommai’s father’s”
Also, he said that the compensation that was given to Harsha’s family was taxpayers’ money. He also alleged that the members of Sangh Parivar did not take part in the freedom movement. He said that India is a secular country and swore that SDPI will not allow the Sangh Parivar to break the secular fabric of this nation. Majid also said that Muslims are being denied business in Hindu fairs but several Hindus including Sangh
Parivar members are working in Muslim countries.
National Committee member Alphonso Franko said, “BJP cannot win elections on its own, hence, by doing communal politics, is trying to remain in power.” He also condemned incidents of demolition of a prayer centre in Mangaluru and a church in Kolar and said that BJP was hitting the last nail in its coffin.
Bhaskar Prasad, state committee general secretary of SDPI said, “Government gives Rs 25 lac after the death of rowdy sheeter but it has not given a single rupee to the families of two Muslim youths and Dinesh. Chief Minister Bommai should remember that it is taxpayers’ money and it is not an asset of his father. The Karnataka state is formed on the basis of the constitution.”
