Letter to PM demanding action against Ananth Kumar Hegde
Seek apology of Muslims within a week: Ansar
Udupi, May 3: Union Minister Ananth Kumar Hegde who insulted the Muslims and hurt their religious sentiments by saying that masjids have amassed crores of rupees in the name of zakat and were purchasing weapons and bombs, should tender apology of Muslim community within a week.
Addressing the Muslims who staged a protest condemning the statement of the Union Minister near the Memorial of the Servicemen at Ajjarakadu here on Thursday, Karnataka Rakashana Vedike district president Ansar Ahmed said that if the Minister failed to apologize, they would intensify their protest. Islam has five tenets like kaleema, namaz, zakat, ramzan and hajj. But without having this knowledge, the Minister has spoken like that. They were ready to give information to the Minister who does not know anything about the Islam, he said.
Now the minister is issuing derogatory remarks against the religion. In future, he might question the roots of the religion. So, Prime Minister Narendra Modi should warn his colleague against giving such statements. Otherwise, the entire Muslim community may revolt against the Minister. The Prime Minister should take steps to maintain religious harmony by keeping a gag on Hegde and they have written a letter to the Prime Minister about this development, he said.
He also condemned the act of insulting the religious practice of Lord Tirupati Thimmappa in a private TV channel. People should respect other religions as they respect their own religion and this is real human religion, he added.
Leaders Zunaid, Samshuddin, Asif, Irshad and others were present.
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Two FIRs lodged against Mithun Chakraborty for 'provocative' speech
Kolkata, Nov 6: Two FIRs have been lodged against actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty for allegedly making provocative statements during a BJP event in Salt Lake area near Kolkata last month, police said on Wednesday.
The complaints pertain to Chakraborty's speech on October 27 at the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC) in Salt Lake, during a BJP programme attended by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who was in Kolkata to launch the party's West Bengal membership drive.
The first FIR was filed at the Bidhannagar South police station based on a complaint by an individual, while the second was lodged at Bowbazar police station.
"We have started an investigation into the case," a senior officer of Bidhannagar police said.
Shah was also present at the programme, which was organised to kick off the West Bengal leg of the BJP's membership drive. Shah had also felicitated Chakraborty for being honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award this year.
Although Chakraborty was unavailable for comment, BJP state president and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar described the FIRs a result of "vendetta politics.".
Majumdar alleged that the TMC government "has once again used the police to unfairly target well-known actor and senior BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty".
He accused the chief minister of employing such tactics "to serve political interests" and claimed that the state government's actions were part of an ongoing attempt to discredit political opponents.
"There is nothing provocative in his speech. These are nothing but attempts to intimidate him by using police as a political tool," he said.
TMC leader Kunal Ghosh dubbed the BJP's allegations as baseless.
"The allegations of political vendetta are baseless. He shouldn't have made such provocative remarks. The law will take its own course," he said.
Chakraborty, who received India's highest film honour, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, earlier this year, had asserted on October 27 that the 'masnad' (throne) of West Bengal would belong to the BJP after the 2026 assembly elections, promising to do whatever it takes to achieve the goal.
While speaking at the programme, Chakraborty, a BJP leader, said, "In 2026, the 'masnad' will be ours, and we will do everything to achieve the goal."
In an apparent reference to TMC MLA Humayun Kabir's communal remarks aimed at BJP workers during the Lok Sabha elections, Chakraborty had allegedly made provocative remarks.
Chakraborty cautioned that no one should attempt to intimidate saffron party voters into abstaining from voting in the next assembly elections.
He called upon the booth-level workers of his party to resist any such attempts.
