Mangalore: Rama Sene Accuses BJP of Sidelining Hindutva in Favour of Power
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Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (RS/CN)
Mangalore, March 1: “If the deputy commissioner (DC) issues me a show cause notice, then I will go to court with 10,000 members of my party thereby exposing the true colours of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government”, said Pramod Muthlik, leader, Sri Rama Sena.
“The BJP, the reigning party in the state, is following in the steps of the Congress party by making ruling the state its only concern. It has sidelined Hindutva”, he said addressing a press meet here on Sunday March 1.
He compared the government’s action to rivalry, answering a question related to the issuance of a show cause notice by the DC of the district. “I have not received it, if I get it, I will face it. So far I have gone to court alone but this will change after the issuance of the notice”, he said.
Muthalik termed Dr Acharya’s statement that the Sri Rama Sena is an organization involved in collecting ‘hafta’, an irresponsible one. He said that the home minister had been asked to prove it.
Referring to talks of a ban on the Sena, Muthalik said that it would mean a ban on Hindus. He said that they would never allow the government to ban their organization and would protest should such a proposal be put forth.
Talking about L K Advani’s statement condemning the pub attack in Mangalore, Muthalik said that the BJP leader had only termed the attack wrong unlike Sushma Swaraj. He accused Swaraj of supporting pub culture and said his organization did not agree with her statement on the matter.
Muthalik set Sunday March 15 as the date by which the roof of the ‘Datta Peeta’ is to be repaired. He said that failure to do so will prompt the Sri Rama Sena to undertake ‘kar seva’ to carry out the same.
The Sena chief also said that the ‘Datta Paduke’(footwear) which is now in the DC office, should be installed in the Datta Peeta by that date. Referring to the court orders he said that if worship is not allowed at least the opportunity to see the Paduke must be given to devotees.
“The Rama Sena is not political, but we will decide which party or candidate we will support. We will make a 12-point agenda and we will put forth that agenda before the candidate. If he agrees to these 12 points, we will support him, irrespective of the party he belongs to. The 12 points will deal with Hindutva and issues such as protection of cows, Rama Mandir, and the like”, he said.
He said that they needed a person who would raise questions in Parliament on the cow issue.