Chikmagaluru, October 28: Sri Rama Sene national president Pramod Mutalik warned of lay sieging the Belagavi Mini Vidhana Soudha during the Belagavi Session if the Datta Peetha was not handed over to Hindus within the Winter Session to be held in Belagavi.

Addressing a religious convention after the Shobha Yatra organized as part of the Dattamala Abhiyan at Bola Rameshwara Temple here on Sunday, Mutalik said that in the name of communal harmony, the Hindu ideology was being targeted without giving scope for Hindu ideology in the Hindu nation. Rama Mandir was the adorable god for hundred crore Hindus in the country. But both the central government and the Supreme Court were not in a position to listen the voice of hundred crore people of the country, he said.   

Court interference not necessary

The Supreme Court has allowed the entry of women into 800-year-old Ayyappa Swamy temple in Kerala much against to the tradition and custom being followed since centuries. The courts should not interfere in the religious issues. The Supreme Court should reconsider its verdict on Sabarimala temple. There was atheist government in Kerala where Hindus were being converted. The Central Government should dismiss the Communist government in Kerala and impose the President’s rule. The Kerala government had backed three women who tried to enter the temple, he alleged.

The BJP has gained the Datta Peetha benefit. They were happy if the justice was ensured when BJP was in power. Previous government had allowed a Maulvi to offer pooja at Datta Peetha, for which the BJP was responsible, he alleged.

When BJP was in power, it did not go to the court and appoint right advocate. As a result, Maulvi was offering pooja. As former prime minister H.D Deve Gowda had solved the Hubballi Idgah maidan issue amicably, Chief Minister H.D Kumaraswamy should solve Datta Peetha issue and handover it to Hindus and shift the tombs to Nagenahalli, he said.

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Kolkata (PTI): Three persons died and three others were injured after being hit by a train amid dense fog on Saturday, while travelling to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally at Taherpur in West Bengal's Nadia district, a senior official said.

The incident occurred between Taherpur and Badkulla railway stations under the Sealdah-Krishnanagar section of Eastern Railway, he said.

Modi, whose helicopter could not land at Taherpur due to dense fog and low visibility, condoled the death of the “BJP workers” in his virtual address from Kolkata airport.

“I have come to know that some BJP workers, while travelling to the rally, lost their lives in a rail accident. My condolences are with the families of those who have lost their loved ones, and I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured,” Modi said.

The Eastern Railway official told PTI that the incident occurred in the morning when these people, who were travelling by a bus, had stopped the vehicle and walked to the railway tracks to answer nature's call.

"While three persons died on the spot, two others with injuries were admitted to a local hospital," he said.

Another person with minor injuries was released after having been administered first aid, the official said.

The deceased have been identified as Ramprasad Ghosh (74), Shaktipada Sutradhar (55) and Gopinath Das (38).

Meanwhile, Mahua Moitra, Trinamool Congress MP from Krishnanagar constituency in Nadia district, alleged that the BJP ignored the incident and went ahead with the rally.

"Terrible tragedy hushed up at altar of @narendramodi ego. @BJP4India supporters brought from far Murshidabad for PM rally in Ranaghat today," she said in a post on X.

"4 went to answer nature's call and were killed by 31814 down local train near Taherpur. BJP ignored, blacked out & went ahead with rally," Moitra claimed.

Reacting to her remarks, the West Bengal BJP, in a post on X, asserted that the TMC "has always been adept at milking tragedies", and was being "disrespectful to the unfortunate victims of this tragedy".

The TMC alleged that BJP leaders have not shown "neither concern nor compassion" over the mishap.

"The loss of three lives in Taherpur should have united everyone in grief. But @BJP4India leaders showed neither concern nor compassion," it said in another post on X.

"At this painful moment, Smt @MamataOfficial and Shri @abhishekaitc put humanity above party lines and stood beside the families of the deceased," the party said.

TMC’s on-ground leaders promptly reached out to the grieving family members, ensuring them of help and assistance, it said.

"While Delhi’s rulers chase Bengal with arrogance, our leadership chose empathy. This is the difference between politics of power and politics of people!" the TMC added.