Bengaluru, August 05: Writer Prof Chandrashekar Patil, popularly known as Champa, said that there was a need to create awareness among people against attack and assassination politics of BJP and Sangh Parivar on progressive activists, intellectuals and journalists.
Speaking at a programme organized by the Lankesh Gauri Balaga to mark the first death anniversary of Gauri Lankesh (September 5) at St. Joseph College here on Sunday, he said that because of the honest and efficient investigation of the SIT officials, all the accused in the murder of Gauri Lankesh were arrested. In fact, the entire country has been appreciating the efforts of the SIT team. Now, it was the duty of the every person to prevail of the government to ban the organizations involved in such criminal activities. Before that it was necessary to confirm about the links of the accused, he said.
Freedom fighter HS Doreswamy said that after the murder of Gauri Lankesh, the youth, in big number, have been opposing the communal forces in the country. Now, those youths should be organized rationally. Gauri Lankesh Balaga should grow in a big way. Members of the Balaga should toil to create awareness among people about pro-people thoughts. In view of this, anti-assassination politics week being held from August 30 to Sept 5 should bring the youth together, he said.
Prof VS Sridhar of Gauri Memorial Trust, Human Rights activist Prof Nagaragere Ramesh, farmers leader Veera Sangaiah, Dalit leader N Venkatesh, and others were present.
Anti-communalism week from Aug 30
Gauri Lankesh Balaga convener KL Ashok said that senior scholar Dr MM Kalburgi was killed on August 30 and Gauri Lankesh was killed on September 5 by the communal forces. Later, the harassment of the communal forces was aggravated. Many journalists were attacked in the country. In order to face the attacks of such communal forces, youth should be prepared and awareness against them should be created among people. In view of this, it was planned to conduct anti-assassination politics week in all districts across the state from August 30 to September 5, he said.
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