Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)

Mangaluru, Jan 4: Responding to the queries on Congress MLC B K Hariprasad’s controversial statement of recurrence of Godhra incident in Karnataka, MP Nalin Kumar Kateel said, “I urge the state government to arrest Hariprasad in the first place. The chief minister (CM) says that he has no information on this subject. The home minister also says the same. DyCM D K Shivakumar says that he will look into it. Hariprasad should be arrested immediately.

“The Congress was behind the Godhra incident. They hatched a plot to bring down the then state government of Gujarat led by Modi. The Congress will repeat such an act once again. Hence, Hariprasad should be arrested,” he said.

Answering query on controversial statement of Yatindra Siddaramaiah, Nalin said, “India is a Hindu country. The word ‘Hindu’ itself is secular. Mahatma Gandhiji said that this country should become Ram Rajya. He did not say to make this country secular. The idea of Rama Rajya is itself the idea of Hindu Rashtra. This means that Yatindra is not accepting Gandhi’s vision.

“During the rule of the Congress, India had situation like present day Pakistan. Our country is the one which has accepted Maryada Purushottam Sri Ram as our model. There is no comparison to Lord Ram. Anyone can name himself Ram. There is Ram in CM Siddaramaiah’s name too. However, his character is that of Ravan,” said Nalin.

Answering a query on ‘I am Kar Sevak, arrest me’ campaign, Nalin said, “I am also a Kar Sevak and devotee of Ram. If the government has courage, let it arrest me also. Let the government arrest all Kar Sevaks. Otherwise, our protests will continue.”