KPCC spokesperson seeks action against BJP leaders including R. Ashok, Vijayendra under Goonda Act
Mysuru: Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson M. Laxman has called for the filing of a case under the Goonda Act against several BJP leaders, including Leader of the Opposition R. Ashok, BJP State President B.Y. Vijayendra, MLA Ashwath Narayana, and Legislative Council member C.T. Ravi. He accused these leaders of inciting communal riots in the state, including the Nagamangala Ganeshotsava riots, and destabilising peace and order.
Speaking at a press conference at the KPCC office in Mysuru on Friday, Laxman claimed that the Nagamangala incident was a pre-planned act involving a collaboration between RSS, BJP, and JDS. He stated that the Congress government successfully managed to control the situation, but BJP and JDS leaders were making inflammatory statements against specific communities.
He further mentioned that 53 individuals had been arrested in connection with the Nagamangala riots, and the Home Minister would soon release documents exposing BJP-JDS involvement.
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Laxman emphasized that Vijayendra and Ashok had given provocative speeches targeting a particular community, insisting that they be charged under the Goonda Act.
"The Ganeshotsava immersion procession starts at 1.30 pm, they wait till it becomes night. At 7.30 pm, they came near the mosque, stood there for half an hour and started shouting ‘Jai Shree Ram’ slogans. This is all a pre-planned plot. They have done this to create a riot here. It is also a failure of the police department, the inspector there has been suspended." he said pointing out the ‘purposeful’ delay in the procession.
He also alleged that BJP state in-charge Radha Mohan Das had recently held a meeting discussing strategies to instigate riots amidst ongoing elections in two states.
Mysuru City Congress President R. Murthy, District Congress President Dr. B.J. Vijayakumar, and other Congress leaders were present at the press conference.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
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