Mangaluru: At a protest organized jointly by the Ullal local chapters of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Bajrang Dal and Hindu Jagarana Vedike (HJV), to condemn atrocities against the Hindu community in Mangaluru region, Sri Rajashekharananda Swamiji of Gurupur Vajradehi Math on Monday July 20, castigated the actions of the Health minister and Ullal MLA U T Khader, while dealing with the two major communities. He accused him and his government of bias and demanded his resignation, besides registering a case against him.
Vajradehi Swamiji said at the protest, “U T Khader is following a dual policy of buttering up Muslims and rubbing lime on the eyes of Hindus. If attempts to weaken and trample on Hindus continue, we will hold a strong protest. He must resign from the post of minister.”
The Swamiji added, “With a state government that favours wrongdoers, the police themselves seem to have lost protection. Atrocities are happening against Hindus only in Talapady and Thokkotu areas, and elected representives should solve people’s problems instead of themselves becoming a problem.The police are capable of nabbing criminals but their hands are tied by the state government”.
He also accused the authorities of bias in the case related to the Mangalore One school sexual assault in March this year. “Even though it was clarified that the child got hurt by a chair, a sexual assault case was registered against the driver of the school van just because he was a Hindu and he was arrested. This is condemnable. We are now protesting here in Thokkottu, but if such atrocities continue, we are ready to protest in front of the minister’s (Khader’s) house. So before we take the next step, the minister should uphold justice, pay attention to cases of atrocities and focus on people who are meted out injustice. He must pay attention to the problems faced by Hindus also.”
Sharan Pumpwell, convener of the Bajrang Dal (south Karnataka region) also addressed the gathering: “The miscreants in Ullal need to be reined in. Even during Ramadan which is said to be a holy month, cattle thefts and molestation of girls continued. U T Khader does drama. He builds roads and on those itself Hindu youths are stabbed.”
HJV state co-convener Satyajit Suratkal, Bajrang Dal district convener Bhujang Kulal, VHP district secretary Gopal Kuthar and others were present.
On the back of this meeting, Ullal block Congress President Ishwar Ullal addressed a press meet to oppose the VHP-BD protest against U T Khader and said, “Let the Hindu organizations first file cases regarding injustice done to Hindus. U T Khader does not discriminate against anyone based on religion or community, and protesting against him will not do any good to the Hindu community.
