Mangaluru: Former Bajrang Dal Karnataka President Mahendra Kumar on Sunday slammed PM Narendra Modi for destroying constitution of the country while also destabilizing the constitutional institutions.

Mahendra Kumar was speaking at an event organised by DYFI at Mangaluru’s Townhall.

Kumar slammed Modi led BJP government for using condemnable events like Pulwama Attack to get political mileage during the Lok Sabha Election. He further added that the current economic slowdown is also conspired the NDA government to put the country in a position where nobody can question the government about their acts.

Kumar stressed upon creating awareness among the youths of the country against the government that is manipulating facts and history to gain political mileage and advantage.

Kumar also condemned the hatred that is being promoted and created in the hearts and minds of youngsters in the Dakshina Kannada District to divide Muslim and Hindus. He also called for awareness against RSS and its institutions that is doing such acts.

“If the situation doesn’t improve in Dakshina Kannada and mainly in Mangaluru there will come a time when people in the region will roam around with guns and weapons”, Kumar said.

Speaking at the event Muneer Kattipala also added that the struggle against the facist forces will not end. He said that they were fighting against economic slowdown, price hikes in transport and other issues in Dakshina Kannada for which they have conspired and are booked with several cases but inisited that his struggle will not take a hit by such vendetta politics.

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Hyderabad, May 19: Prabhsimran Singh set the tone with a quickfire fifty before skipper Jitesh Sharma finished it off in style to lift Punjab Kings to an imposing 214/5 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL, here on Sunday.

The new look opening pair of Prabhsimran and Vidarbha's Atharva Taide put on 97 runs from 55 balls as PBKS did well to see through the power play without losing a wicket after opting to bat.

Prabhsimran smashed seven fours and four sixes for his 45-ball 71, while Taide will regret missing out on a fifty after being dismissed for a well-made 46 off just 27 balls.

Taide smashed five fours and two sixes and after his departure, Prabhsimran got the company of Rilee Rossouw as the duo put together 54 off 32 balls to keep the momentum going in the middle overs.

It looked a one-way traffic at 151/1 in 14 overs when leg-spinner Vijayakanth Viyaskanth dismissed the set batter Prabhsimran off a quicker delivery that took a faint edge and Heinrich Klaasen did well to take a one-handed catch behind the stumps.

Cummins (1/36) ended his spell taking the wicket Rossouw one run shy of a half-century in the 18th over that left two new batters at the crease -- Jitesh Sharma and Ashutosh Sharma.

T Natarajan (2/33) then did well to remove the inform Ashutosh Sharma in the penultimate over.

PBKS went on to lose four wickets for 44 runs in five overs before the stand-in skipper Jitesh's last over assault took them to a fighting total.

Jitesh (32 not out from 15 balls; 2x4, 2x6) finished with two sixes against Nitish Kumar Reddy in a 20-run final over.

It was a fearless batting display by the Punjab Kings who had nothing to lose and playing the last match of the season.

There was no Jonny Bairstow or Liam Livingstone -- the English duo who have left home for national duty -- but PBKS batters never felt their absence after they opted to bat.

Following a tidy start by Pat Cummins and Bhuvneshwar Kumar where the duo conceded just 12 runs, Prabhsimran took on the veteran Indian seamer slamming him for consecutive boundaries.

The lefthander Taide then got into the act in Natarajan's opening over, when he dragged one from outside off to through mid-on and followed it up with a mighty pull.

The diminutive Punjab batter Prabhsimran added to their misery, hammering a 145kph delivery from Cummins over deep square leg with sheer timing.

Taide also matched his senior partner Prabhsimran and took on Bhuvneshwar with a six and four, as PBKS cruised to 61 for no loss in the power play and the home side looked desperate in search of a breakthrough.

Natarajan finally broke the opening partnership in the 10th over with a short and widish delivery to dismiss a well set Taide.

But Prabhsimran continued his belligerent batting in the company of Rossouw and raced to a 34-ball fifty, his second this season in the 11th over.

His big assault came in Nitish Reddy's next over when the duo spanked him for 20 runs two sixes and one four as there was no stopping PBKS.