Mohan Kuthar

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Aug 29: Several BJP activists, who were agitated at the fact that Kerala government had not allowed hassle-free entry at the state's border with Karnataka at Talapady, went to the police personnel guarding the border with a copy of the high court order in hand, to hold consultation. On this occasion, verbal friction ensued between the police personnel and the BJP activists, at the end of which the police resorted to light lathi-charge to disperse the crowd. This incident happened on Friday August 28 evening.

On Friday evening, the BJP leaders had discussed the issue with the police deployed at the national highway at Talapady border with Kerala. The police officials told them that from Thursday onward, as per the instructions of superiors, citizens from Manjeshwar, Varkady and Meenja panchayats were allowed to cross the order subject to production of Aadhar cards. They further said that they are helpless as they had not received any instruction about allowing people from other gram panchayats. They insisted that without instructions from their superiors, they cannot do anything in the matter.

Talapady border (file photo)

The BJP leaders stood their ground, and demanded to allow free passage to people from other panchayats too. They said that the BJP is determined to continue to fight for the right of free passage till the government allows people from other panchayats too to enter Kerala. At that time, heated words were exchanged between the police and BJP leaders and the Kerala police resorted to light caning to disperse the crowd.

BJP Manjeshwar Mandal vice president, Padmanabha Kadappara, OBC Morcha state treasurer, Naveenraj K J, Yuva Morcha Manjeshwar Mandal president, Chandrakanth, Manjeshwar panchayat BJP general secretary, Avinash Hegde, Devaraj M S, Dayaprasanna Acharya, and Gurukiran Pavan Toominadu were present.