Mangaluru: Karnataka Minorities Commission chairperson Balkhees Banu on Friday said that the state government will host a series of workshops across the state, with an aim to inculcate the spirit of brotherhood among people of different religion. 

Speaking to the reporters here in the city, she said that the workshop will begin in the month of January. The first programme will be organized in Mysuru. Subsequently, similar workshops will be held in every district in the state, depending on the size of population and situation, she said.

The workshop on brotherhood is aimed to remove the caste differences among each other. The rise in communal clashes among people is directly affecting the innocents and the poor. It has to be ended with mutual discussion and awareness. We have to take our youth into confidence, she said adding that it was a deep rooted among people and cannot be changed overnight. 

Ms. Banu also said that the commission will be sending a report to the state government on the Ulaibettu clash. “I have asked the district administration and Mangaluru City police to draft the report and we will send it in a week or two”, she said. 

‘Don’t make provoking speeches’

She also requested the leaders belonging to different organizations to avoid making speeches which provoke people to get into communal clashes. “Listen to good people with good thoughts. Communal violence is a greatest threat to the country”, she said.

Rs 25,000 for ten shops

Balkhees Banu said that she met Udupi district administration and then paid a visit to the Gangolli town, where the communal clash took place. “Ten shops, which were damaged during the communal conflict, have been compensated with Rs 25,000 each”.