Congress has surrendered to communal powers in DK: Muneer Katipalla
Mangalore: CPIM state committee member Muneer Katipalla stated that the Congress party had surrendered to communalism in the Dakshina Kannada district and had formed an unholy alliance with the BJP and Sangh Parivar leadership. He was addressing an open meeting organized at Kuppepadavu on the occasion of CPIM Gurupura Zonal Conference on Monday.
"The BJP MLAs of the district, who took advantage of the political polarization and hate politics engineered by the Sangh Parivar, and won an easy victory, are not raising their voices on the burning issues of Tulunadu. Even minimal issues like road repair, filling of poltholes and under construction highway do not bother them. Major issues like employment for locals, establishment of government hospitals, medical colleges, fisheries and housing projects do not appear in their priority list”, he said.
Referring to the Mangalore North Constituency, Muneer Katipalla said that it was troubled by many serious issues but MLA Bharat Shetty was not ready to listen to people's problems as he had limited himself to giving statements filled with communal hatred. "Organizing a 'food fair' before the incomplete skeleton-like Surathkal Market building which stands beside the pot hole filled Surathkal highway stands proof for the brazenness of the BJP MLAs. The leaders of the ruling Congress party should have raised their voice against the incompetence of the BJP MLAs and stood with the people who are at the receiving end of this. However, the Congress party in the district has surrendered to communalism. It has forged an unholy alliance with BJP and the Sangh Parivar leadership. Congress leaders have appeared together with BJP leaders during huli kunita (tiger dance) and Puttur VHP program without any embarrassment. They have stood against the interests of the common people", he added.
Muneer Kantipalla alleged that the bonding of these supposed political rivals had reached such heights that it was difficult to differentiate between BJP and Congress in DK. “This unethical alliance of Congress and BJP has made the interests of the ruling and business classes here unquestionable. While this has brought about a situation where providing solutions to the common man's problems has become impossible, CPIM party has taken this as a challenge and it will fight for the people. If Congress doesn't rectify its mistakes, it will pay a heavy price for this", he warned.
Before the open meeting, CPIM workers took out a procession from Narayana Guru Community Centre, where the delegate session of the conference was held, to the Kuppepadavu town.
Rajesh Naik Iruvail presided over the meeting. District Secretary Dr. Krishnappa Konchadi, Zonal Secretary Sadashiva Das, Vasanthi Kuppepadavu, N A Hasanabba and others were present.
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Drug peddler's property worth Rs 1 crore attached in Srinagar
Srinagar (PTI): Property worth Rs 1 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler was on Saturday attached in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, police said.
A double-storey house on eight marlas of land situated at Wantpora Eidgah, belonging to Basit Bilal Dar, a notorious drug peddler, valued at approximately Rs 1 crore, a police spokesperson said.
He said Dar is involved in two cases registered under various sections of the NDPS Act.
During investigation, it was established that the accused had acquired the said property through illicit proceeds generated from drug trafficking activities, the spokesperson said.
Consequently, the property was attached under the provisions of the NDPS Act. The attachment proceedings were conducted in the presence of the two independent witnesses, strictly in accordance with the prescribed legal procedures, he said.
As per the attachment order, the owner has been restrained from selling, leasing, transferring, altering, or creating any third-party interest in the property till further orders, the spokesperson added.
