Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)

Mangaluru, Dec 25: Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP and former state minister, Shobha Karandlaje, addressing the media at the Circuit House here on Wednesday December 25, termed the recent disturbance here as a part of pre-planned conspiracy.

She said that the police have been instructed to arrest those responsible for inciting trouble. She congratulated the city police on quelling the disturbance affectively. "At the request of the police, thousands of video clips covering disturbances, violence and arson have been received," she revealed.

Shobha placed blame on the governments led by Siddaramaiah and H D Kumarasway for nursing such organizations. "The previous government had withdrawn cases registered against 1,600 criminals belonging Populat Front of India and released them. During Mysuru disturbances, 45 cases had been filed, but Siddaramiaah withdrew all of them.

"Because of such things, the criminals get encouraged and stoke disturbances like the current one. Your own man, U T Khader, called for starting fire. For the first time in the state, the miscreants who unleashed violence had covered their faces with clothes. The people who were allowed to go scot-free by Siddarmaiah were involved with the disturbances here," she said.

"This is a disturbance sponsored by the Congress and a detailed probe is needed into it. The police should be given a free hand, and PFI should be banned. People from Kerala, in the guise of seeking education, are staying in hostels here. Even after completing education, they continue to stay here and participate in disturbances," she said,.

Karandlaje stated that herself and her party people do not get cowed down by spewches backed by political malaise. At the same time, she noted that peace-loving Muslims from the city are not backing Popular Front of India (PFI) and Karnataka Forum for Dignity (KFD).