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Pro-Pakistan slogans not raised at rally, says SP
By Our Staff Correspondent
UDUPI, MARCH 20. The Superintendent of Police, S. Murugan, said on Sunday that the police had videographed the entire rally organised by the district unit of Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike on Saturday and nowhere in the entire video was anybody heard shouting pro-Pakistan slogans.
Addressing presspersons here, Mr. Murugan said that the flag shown in the photographs published in a section of press was not the national flag of Pakistan.
He took out a calendar of flags at the press meet and showed that the national flag of Pakistan was different from the one published in some newspapers.
He said that he was receiving calls from both the sides. One side asking how the "flag of Pakistan" was displayed in the rally and another saying that the flag shown was not the flag of Pakistan.
Stripping case
Seven persons have been arrested in the stripping-and-assault case, which took place at Moodabettu (Adiudupi) on the night of March 13, Mr. Murugan added.
Slogans raised, says BJP
The MLA and president of Udupi district unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, K. Raghupati Bhat, claimed on Sunday that pro-Pakistan slogans were raised at the rally organised by the Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike on Saturday.
Addressing presspersons here, Mr. Bhat said anti-India and anti-Hindu slogans have been raised at the rally. The speakers at the rally insulted the swamijis of the Ashta Mutts and Hindus. The rally was supported by divisive forces, naxalites, and Pakistani supporters, he alleged.
His party condemned the stripping incident at Moodabettu, but it supported the implementation of the Cow Slaughter Prohibition Act.
The Sangh Parivar will organise a rally on March 26, Mr. Bhat said.
V.S. Acharya, MLC, Lalaji Mendan and Sunil Kumar, MLAs, A.G. Kodgi, Vice President of State unit of Bharatiya Janata Party, and leaders of various Sangh Parivar organisations, were present.
Action sought
The president of district unit of Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike, Sriram Divana, demanded legal action against a certain section of media which, he said, had wrongly depicted a flag of a "dargah" as the national flag of Pakistan. All the slogans shouted at the rally were pre-determined and not one of them was anti-patriotic, he said.
He released a photograph showing the difference between the "dargah flag" and the national flag of Pakistan. The Vedike will gherao the office of the Superintendent of Police if the main accused in the stripping case are not arrested, Mr. Divana said.
Leaders belonging to the Vedike and other organisations were present.
Arrest sought
Our Staff Correspondent reports from Mangalore:
The Mangalore Assembly constituency unit of the BJP has condemned the incident of raising pro-Pakistan slogans by a group of people who organised a rally in Udupi on Saturday.
In a press release, the unit said raising pro-Pakistan slogans was no less than treachery and those involved in it should be tried by the law.
The President of the unit, Nithin Kumar, said those who had raised pro-Pakistan slogans should be listed among subversive elements and arrested.
Mr. Kumar said though there was a ban on cow slaughter in the State, there were people who were eking out livelihood out of slaughtering cows. They should be treated on the same lines as criminals he added.
Pro-Pakistan slogans not raised at rally, says SP
By Our Staff Correspondent
UDUPI, MARCH 20. The Superintendent of Police, S. Murugan, said on Sunday that the police had videographed the entire rally organised by the district unit of Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike on Saturday and nowhere in the entire video was anybody heard shouting pro-Pakistan slogans.
Addressing presspersons here, Mr. Murugan said that the flag shown in the photographs published in a section of press was not the national flag of Pakistan.
He took out a calendar of flags at the press meet and showed that the national flag of Pakistan was different from the one published in some newspapers.
He said that he was receiving calls from both the sides. One side asking how the "flag of Pakistan" was displayed in the rally and another saying that the flag shown was not the flag of Pakistan.
Stripping case
Seven persons have been arrested in the stripping-and-assault case, which took place at Moodabettu (Adiudupi) on the night of March 13, Mr. Murugan added.
Slogans raised, says BJP
The MLA and president of Udupi district unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party, K. Raghupati Bhat, claimed on Sunday that pro-Pakistan slogans were raised at the rally organised by the Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike on Saturday.
Addressing presspersons here, Mr. Bhat said anti-India and anti-Hindu slogans have been raised at the rally. The speakers at the rally insulted the swamijis of the Ashta Mutts and Hindus. The rally was supported by divisive forces, naxalites, and Pakistani supporters, he alleged.
His party condemned the stripping incident at Moodabettu, but it supported the implementation of the Cow Slaughter Prohibition Act.
The Sangh Parivar will organise a rally on March 26, Mr. Bhat said.
V.S. Acharya, MLC, Lalaji Mendan and Sunil Kumar, MLAs, A.G. Kodgi, Vice President of State unit of Bharatiya Janata Party, and leaders of various Sangh Parivar organisations, were present.
Action sought
The president of district unit of Karnataka Komu Sauharda Vedike, Sriram Divana, demanded legal action against a certain section of media which, he said, had wrongly depicted a flag of a "dargah" as the national flag of Pakistan. All the slogans shouted at the rally were pre-determined and not one of them was anti-patriotic, he said.
He released a photograph showing the difference between the "dargah flag" and the national flag of Pakistan. The Vedike will gherao the office of the Superintendent of Police if the main accused in the stripping case are not arrested, Mr. Divana said.
Leaders belonging to the Vedike and other organisations were present.
Arrest sought
Our Staff Correspondent reports from Mangalore:
The Mangalore Assembly constituency unit of the BJP has condemned the incident of raising pro-Pakistan slogans by a group of people who organised a rally in Udupi on Saturday.
In a press release, the unit said raising pro-Pakistan slogans was no less than treachery and those involved in it should be tried by the law.
The President of the unit, Nithin Kumar, said those who had raised pro-Pakistan slogans should be listed among subversive elements and arrested.
Mr. Kumar said though there was a ban on cow slaughter in the State, there were people who were eking out livelihood out of slaughtering cows. They should be treated on the same lines as criminals he added.