01-25-2007, 07:15 AM
Committee resolves to maintain peace during samajotsava
Special Correspondent
Mangalore has entered a new era of understanding: Deputy Commissioner
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`Circular has been sent to all mosques and madrasas'
`Special traffic arrangements will be notified'
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FOR PEACE AND HARMONY: Leaders of Dakshina Kananda and Udupi Muslim Central Committee presenting a copy of the list of decisions taken at a meeting to Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner M. Maheshwara Rao in Mangalore on Wednesday. â Photo: R . Eswarraj
MANGALORE: The District Peace Committee, which met here on Wednesday, resolved to see that the Virat Hindu Samajotsava, to be held in Mangalore on January 28, is held peacefully, and appealed people not to pay heed to rumours.
Deputy Commissioner M. Maheshwara Rao, who is also the chairman of the committee, told presspersons here that the committee had resovled to send across the message that Mangalore had entered a new era of understanding, peace and harmony between the communities, and it would be possible only when the samajotsava passes off without any incident.
Chairman of the Dakshina Kananda and Udupi Muslim Central Committee and former president of the State Minority Commission K.S. Mohammad Masood said that the central committee meeting on January 21 had appealed Muslim organisations not to resort to any provocative action during the event.
A circular had been sent to all mosques and madrasas to cooperate with the local peace committees and the organisers of the event. All of them have agreed to it, Mr. Masood said. Micro community groups at Jamaat level have also been sensitised with the issue, he added.
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Mr. Masood said the Mangalore city should stand up as one to send a message that people of this city had resolved to see that the October 2006 incidents would never recur. </b>
N. Yogish Bhat, Mangalore MLA, and M.B. Puranik, Vishva Hindu Parishad leader and co-chairman of the organising committee of the event, have also appealed people to maintain peace during the event.
Abhayachandra Jain, Moodbidri MLA, said that Mangalore's chances of attracting large investment could run into trouble if peace and harmony was disturbed.
Mr. Rao said that special traffic arrangements, and law and order arrangements would be notified before the event.
`Step up security'
The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district division of Communist Party of India has urged the Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner to step up security in the district in view of the samajotsava.
The party, in a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner, has said that provocative speeches, pamphlets and banners that might incite communal tensions must be banned at the event, a press release from the party said.
Policemen must be deployed in large numbers at sensitive locations in the city before the commencement of the event, the release said. The organisers must be cautioned not to make inflammatory statements, or criticise the practices of any community or religion, it said.
`Ignore text messages'
The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has appealed the youth not to circulate "mischievous" text messages through cellphones.
In a press release here general secretary of the State unit of IUML Ahmad Jamaal has said that a number of unfounded and false messages had been going around the city in a big way. He has asked people to ignore such messages.
Special Correspondent
Mangalore has entered a new era of understanding: Deputy Commissioner
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`Circular has been sent to all mosques and madrasas'
`Special traffic arrangements will be notified'
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FOR PEACE AND HARMONY: Leaders of Dakshina Kananda and Udupi Muslim Central Committee presenting a copy of the list of decisions taken at a meeting to Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner M. Maheshwara Rao in Mangalore on Wednesday. â Photo: R . Eswarraj
MANGALORE: The District Peace Committee, which met here on Wednesday, resolved to see that the Virat Hindu Samajotsava, to be held in Mangalore on January 28, is held peacefully, and appealed people not to pay heed to rumours.
Deputy Commissioner M. Maheshwara Rao, who is also the chairman of the committee, told presspersons here that the committee had resovled to send across the message that Mangalore had entered a new era of understanding, peace and harmony between the communities, and it would be possible only when the samajotsava passes off without any incident.
Chairman of the Dakshina Kananda and Udupi Muslim Central Committee and former president of the State Minority Commission K.S. Mohammad Masood said that the central committee meeting on January 21 had appealed Muslim organisations not to resort to any provocative action during the event.
A circular had been sent to all mosques and madrasas to cooperate with the local peace committees and the organisers of the event. All of them have agreed to it, Mr. Masood said. Micro community groups at Jamaat level have also been sensitised with the issue, he added.
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Mr. Masood said the Mangalore city should stand up as one to send a message that people of this city had resolved to see that the October 2006 incidents would never recur. </b>
N. Yogish Bhat, Mangalore MLA, and M.B. Puranik, Vishva Hindu Parishad leader and co-chairman of the organising committee of the event, have also appealed people to maintain peace during the event.
Abhayachandra Jain, Moodbidri MLA, said that Mangalore's chances of attracting large investment could run into trouble if peace and harmony was disturbed.
Mr. Rao said that special traffic arrangements, and law and order arrangements would be notified before the event.
`Step up security'
The Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district division of Communist Party of India has urged the Dakshina Kannada Deputy Commissioner to step up security in the district in view of the samajotsava.
The party, in a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner, has said that provocative speeches, pamphlets and banners that might incite communal tensions must be banned at the event, a press release from the party said.
Policemen must be deployed in large numbers at sensitive locations in the city before the commencement of the event, the release said. The organisers must be cautioned not to make inflammatory statements, or criticise the practices of any community or religion, it said.
`Ignore text messages'
The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has appealed the youth not to circulate "mischievous" text messages through cellphones.
In a press release here general secretary of the State unit of IUML Ahmad Jamaal has said that a number of unfounded and false messages had been going around the city in a big way. He has asked people to ignore such messages.