RSS is multi-faced demon, Sanatan Sanstha is a terrorist group: Swami Agnivesh
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Bengaluru, September 5: Human rights activist Swami Agnivesh said that “if the people who are raising their voice in favour of the oppressed classes are branded as ‘urban naxals’, then we are ready to become naxals”.
He was speaking at the Raj Bhavan Chalo programme organized by the Gauri Lankesh Balaga in front of the Gandhi statue at Mourya Circle here on Wednesday to the first anniversary of the murder of Gauri Lankesh.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was a pracharak of Sangha Pariwar. When he was the chief minister of Gujarat, he had made Gujarat as a laboratory for such criminal activities. Later, he entertained the Sangh Parivar members in all sectors and saffronized the entire system. Even now, the pracharaks of Sangh Parivar were in higher positions, he said.
“RSS is not alone. It is a multi-faced demon and working in different names. The people who claim themselves as Hindus, are blind to consider Gauri Lankesh, Kalaburagi, Govind Pansare and Dabholkar as Hindus”, he said.
Sanatan Sanstha was not just a Dharma pracharak organization. It was a terrorist organization. The investigating agencies should keep a vigil on them. The government should ban such organizations immediately and punish the sponsors of the murders, Swami Agnivesh said.
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Karnataka bypolls: Over 60 per cent voter turnout in Bagalkot, Davanagere South till 5 pm
Bengaluru (PTI): Over 60 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 5 pm in both Assembly constituencies in Karnataka, where bypolls were held on Thursday.
While the turnout in Bagalkot was 65.68 per cent, it was 63.04 per cent in Davanagere South.
While the ruling Congress faces the challenge of retaining both seats, the BJP aims to wrest them and deliver a setback to its rival, which is currently witnessing an "internal power struggle" over leadership.
The bypolls were necessitated due to the demise of senior Congress MLAs H Y Meti (Bagalkot) and Shamanur Shivashankarappa (Davanagere South).
A total of over 2.59 lakh eligible voters are expected to cast their votes at around 319 polling stations in Bagalkot, where nine candidates are in the fray.
In Davanagere South, over 2.31 lakh eligible voters are expected to vote across 284 polling stations, with 25 candidates contesting.
The BJP has fielded former MLA and 2023 defeated candidate Veerabhadrayya Charantimath from Bagalkot, and a fresh face, Srinivas T Dasakariyappa, from Davanagere South.
The Congress has given tickets to family members of the late legislators in both constituencies. Bagalkot candidate Umesh Meti is the son of H Y Meti, while Samarth Mallikarjun from Davanagere South is the grandson of Shamanur Shivashankarappa.
