Mangalore: Media Depicting Muslims as Anti-nationals - Rajshekhar
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (MM/AF)
Pics: Dayanand Kukkaje
Mangalore, Feb 16: Majority of the local newspapers in the state are engaged in the task of depicting Muslims as terrorists. As a result Muslims are suffering humiliation everywhere, said well-known thinker Rajshekhar.
Addressing the protest meet organized near DC’s office here on Friday, February 15 to oppose the atrocities of police at Ullal during communal clashes he said that the coastal of part of the state is lacking in basic human values and minorities here have become the victims, he opined.
No one will raise a voice when a terrorist is punished in India, but depicting all the Muslims as terrorists is not acceptable. Even the media are directly involved in propagating this myth, he accused.
It is sad that, an extremist element like Nagaraj Shetty enjoyed power in the state while the influence of Sangh Parivar has been increasing day by day in entire country. That is why the minorities, dalits and backward people are suffering humiliations, he asserted.
Speaking on the occasion, Peoples’ Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) district president P B D’Sa took Ullal inspector Jayanth Shetty to task and alleged that when Ramanath Rai was the minister, Jayanth Shetty was loyal to him but later he shifted his loyalty when Nagaraj Shetty became minister.
Well-known thinker Pattabhirama Somayaji, Hameed Kandak, Suleman and others spoke on the occasion. Thousands of Muslims residing in and around Ullal participated in the protest. Shops in places like Kotepur, Mukkacheri, Kodi, Mastikatte, Melangadi and Tokkottu Junction remained closed as the shop owners rushed to the city to participate in the protest.
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