Country going through testing times, need to adapt Gandhi's idea of nationalism: Sasikanth Senthil
Mangaluru: Former IAS Officer and DC of Dakshina Kannada District Sasikanth Senthil, who resigned from IAS earlier last month, on Wednesday added that the country was going through testing times as people were being asked every now and then to prove their nationalism.
Speaking at an event organised to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, in Mangaluru Senthil added that Gandhi’s idea of nationalism was different than how and where the country is currently heading.
“We should understand what Gandhi’s concept of nationalism was. He had a different vision for our country where we grow as a country with all our diversity, with no violence and without differentiating between the people of the country” Senthil noted.
“Gandhi’s idea of nationalism didn’t come out overnight. It took him years to come out and express his vision of the country and lead the freedom movement against the British by uniting whole country” he further added.
“Without love, unity, bonding and empathy among the diverse culture of this country the idea of nationalism cannot stand. These are the must factors for the idea nationalism” Senthil said.
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Swamiji fires gun into the air in Kalaburagi village, video goes viral
Kalaburagi: An incident involving a swamiji firing a gun into the air has been reported from Udachan village in Afzalpur taluk of Kalaburagi district. The act, captured on video, has since gone viral on social media.
The swamiji has been identified as Sri Shantalinga Shivacharya, pontiff of the Hiremath of Sri Shankaralingeshwara Samsthana. According to reports, the incident took place on Sunday evening within the premises of the math, where the swamiji allegedly fired a single-barrel gun into the air.
This is not the first time the swami has courted controversy. Last year, he was reportedly found driving erratically under the influence of alcohol in Salotagi village of neighbouring Indi taluk, following which members of the public confronted him. He later fled from the math, sources said.
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More recently, during the annual fair of the Sri Shankaralingeshwara Math in Udachan village, the swami had arrived at the village with police protection, claiming to be the rightful pontiff of the math. Despite opposition from villagers, he reportedly went ahead and conducted rituals related to the fair.
The latest incident of firing the gun into the air has triggered criticism, especially after the video surfaced online. Further action, if any, is awaited from the authorities.
