Mangalore: DCC Demands Dismissal of State Government
 
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Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (RS/CN)
 
Mangalore, Feb 5: The District Congress Committee (DCC) protested in front of the deputy commissioner’s office in the city on Thursday February 4, demanding the resignation of the state’s chief minister and home minister based on the findings of the interim report submitted by the Justice B K Somashekara Commission and urged the Governor to dismiss the state government. 
 
The protest was organized by the DCC under the leadership of its president Ramanath Rai, demanding the implementation of the recommendations given in the Commission’s interim report and seeking prompt action against the officials and organizations mentioned. 

 
D K Shivkumar, working president, Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), said that chief minister of the state B S Yeddyurappa had given a call to cut the hands of attackers while the supporting organizations of his party Bajarang Dal and VHP were named in the interim report.

He added that home minister Dr V S Acharya had said that the state government cannot give protection to religious places and this shows the government’s will against the minority community also.  
 
“Supporters of the attacks should be legally punished and the chief minister and the home minister should resign as they do not have any moral right to continue in power because of their failure to provide proper protection to the minority community”, he further said.
 
Rai, as well as leaders Harikrishna Bantwal and Kallige Tharanatha Shetty spoke in the protest.