Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (EP)
Mangaluru, July 31: “The violence and dirty deeds in Manipur are a witness to the vote bank politics of BJP. Therefore, Congress is reaping love in places where BJP has sown hatred,” said Congress spokesperson Sudhir Maroli.
He was addressing protesters in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue at Lalbagh here on Monday, July 31, condemning the violence in Manipur.
“Prime Minister Modi never condemned the violence in Manipur as wrong. The hatred of Modi, actions against the constitution is based on the British principle of 'divide and rule'. We only have the constitution to protect us. We do not want Modi’s rule in the land of India any more. We need the India of Gandhi,” he said.
“The statement of the governor during the visit of I.N.D.I.A alliance to Manipur that a multi-party delegation is necessary to solve the problem of Manipur, shows the female mentality. Only such mentality enables people to live in peace,” he said.
“We should understand that it is the demon’s mindset of the government which remains indifferent to the repeated violence against women and we will have to raise our voice against it. Most of the MLAs who tore bills and threw them on the deputy speaker at the recent Vidhana Sabha session were from Dakshina Kannada district," he said.
"BJP targets educational institutions to take the district to the stone age for their politics. The efforts of the Congress party should be of Kudmul Rangarao and Hajabba,” he said.
Former minister B Ramanath Rai said that the government at the Centre is dead and the prime minister who could not control the unrest in the small state has become silent.
Former MLA J R Lobo, Ivan D’ Souza, Congress district president Harish Kumar, Mahila Congress president Shalet Pinto, Mamata Gatti, Kavita Sanil and others condemned the incidents in Manipur.
Suresh Balla, Mithun Rai, Shashidhar Hegde, Padmaraj R, R K Prathviraj, Lukman Bantwal, Prakash Salian, Abdul Salim, Navin D’Souza, Surendra Kambli, Baby Kunder, Purushotham Chitrapur, Vishwas Das, Joachim D’ Souza, Lawrence D’ Souza, Mohan Gowda, Suhan Alva, Shekar Kukkeri, district Congress office-bearers, corporators and activists were present.