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Madikeri, Aug 28: Kodava national council expressed their fear and apprehension of the alarming presence and spread of Naxalism and criminals in the region and urged for preventive measures.

In a letter addressed to Rajnath Singh, union Minister for Home Affairs, Ajit Doval ji, National Security Advisor (NSA), and copied to Prime Minister Modi and the governor of Karnataka Vajubhai Vala ji, stated that naxalite activities have infiltrated Kodagu.

“These people have an innate desire and preparedness to spread naxalite activities in Kodagu especially Western Ghats where they have all the plans to establish themselves and make the region to be the centre of diabolic criminal activities and they have a hundred years’ plan. It is with such an intention in mind they have opposed. a) The implementation of ‘Kasturirangan report’, ” says the letter

“In reality, the implementation of Kasturirangan report in its true sense would save the entire forest, especially the environment of the region. If the report is implemented in its true essence, there would be patrolling all around the year, 24/7, in and around Western Ghats by security agencies.Since these people have an idea to make Western Ghats as their red corridor, the presence of the governmental troops i.e. forest watchdogs would certainly defeat their evil design tooth and nail. b) The plans envisaged by Codavas under which, we had plans to establish a full-pledged world ‘Codavalogy University’ at Yevokkapady village near Thadiyandadmol hillocks in Western Ghats some 15 years ago.” the letter continues.

“It in fact would be the hotspot for their naxal activities. These people strongly opposed our program. Should such a thing had come into being, they necessarily will attract Codava presence throughout the year, 24/7, and it will certainly hamper naxalite activities. For that purpose only they have opposed our program to establish Codava university program some 15 years ago. c) Our desired program of establishing a national monument at Devatt Paramb area where thousands of Codavas were butchered and massacred by tyrant ruler of Mysore, Tipu Sultan along with his French allied forces, in the year 1785, is within the Western Ghats region. There would be presence of Codavas throughout the year if such a thing becomes a reality. Regular Codava presence in the area will certainly avoid the naxalite activities as designed by them. In other words, these fellows will be barred from gaining entry into Western Ghats. In order to avoid such a thing, these people oppose our programs and our desire to establish national Codava monument.

“One other inevitable factor which plays a great role in preventing the naxalite activities certainly is the right to use guns by Codava race without the aid of any license, and in reality such a thing has certainly saved Codavas and the entire Kodagu and Western Ghat areas,and prevented the widespread peril of the naxalite violence.” the letter says.

“It is with the dream of spreading naxalite activities in the region and since the presence of guns in every Codava household has made these fellows try hard to get such a special right abolished. One Chetan, had initiated a writ petition seeking the intervention of the Honourable High Court of Karnataka to abolish the special right of the Codavas to hold guns without license.Kodagu was accepted to be an ideal state i.e. Ramarajya earlier and till 1956. Even the venerable Sardar Patel had extolled then ‘C’ State of Coorg (Kodagu) in the floor of the Parliament. But now these people with criminal background are trying hard to spread anarchy in the region under the guise of naxalism.

“Already the regions surrounding Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal are encircled by Chinese Intelligence agencies, which convince these criminals to propagate naxalism and convert the entire area into a red corridor. It is with such desire the hostile countries including Pakistan are helping these people with limitless finance, introduce these people to the international terrorist agencies and carry on Hawala business only with an idea of destabilizing our nation in general.” continues the letter.

“Already North eastern region of India, states like Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and our own Chikkamagluru, Shivamogga, South Kanara i.e. Mangaluru and Udupi areas have attained the red corridor tag on account of the spreading of naxalite activities. The August 1, 2016 issue of Deccan Herald published about the combing operation by Anti Naxal Force against the naxalites in Shivamogga.Let not Kodagu become another hotspot of naxal activities. Therefore, we hereby request the government to engage National Investigation Agency (NIA) and arrest the persons spreading naxalite activities and put them behind bars under National Security Act (NSA) and establish permanent R&AW branches and National Investigating Agency in the region in order to check and suppress the spreading of deadliest Naxalite activities in the region,” states the letter.