Name your leaders who fought for India's independence: Mevani Challenges RSS
Bantwal : Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani has challenged the RSS to reveal the number of its leaders who have given their lives for the independence of India. Mevani described those who are speaking about changing the constitution are anti-nationals.
Mevani was speaking at the 'Swabhimani Samavesha' organised as part of ' Save Constitution Campaign' at Sparsha Kalamandir at BC Road on Saturday.
Mevani stressed that we don not want the rule of Hindutva Corporates here. He urged all to come together and fight to form a secular government.
" Prime Minister Modi is reluctant to come to Karnataka. He only speaks of false development. Let him to come to Karnataka. He is also Gujarati and i am also Gujarati. Let us sit together in Karnataka and discuss about development" Mevani challenged Modi.
Actor, activist Prakash Rai who spoke on the occasion said BJP will never form the government in Karnataka. ' Wife of Mangaluru South BJP Candidate Vedavyas Kamath is seeking votes in the name of saving Hindutva. No one should use religion to seek votes. BJP is supporting rapists. First, it should stop that ' Rai urged.
K L Ashok, state committee member of ' Samvidhana Ulisi' campaign said that we don't vote for those who killed Gandhi and Gauri. Those who oppose Ambedkar and constitution have no right to rule our country. This is an election between hate and love and not between religions, said Ashok.
Student leader Richa Singh said party like BJP has only one agenda.They want to finish Loktantra ( Democracy) and implement Sangh Tantra ( Sangh rule). She called upon the 15 lakh youth voters who are voting for the first time to ensure that BJP does not come to power.
Senior activist Suresh Bhat Bakrabail presided over the event. D M Kulal, Haji Mustafa Kempi, Nirmal Kumar, Alwyn Colaco, Pushparaj Shetty, Vani Periyodi were present.
Event was inaugurated by releasing the book Red Alert. Umar UH welcomed the gathering. Ismath Pajeer compered the program.
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Absconding doctor held in hit-and-run case that killed woman in Kochi
Kochi (PTI): Police on Friday took a doctor into custody after he had been on the run following a hit-and-run accident near here that claimed the life of a 19-year-old woman, officials said.
Police said Dr Cyriac George was taken into custody from a resort in Kannankulam, near Wagamon, in Idukki district, after local police received a tip-off about his presence there.
Police personnel in plain clothes reached the resort, and on seeing them, George attempted to flee but failed in the attempt. The accused was handed over to a police team from Angamaly that reached Wagamon, officials said.
Earlier in the day, police had arrested George’s father, George Mathew of Athirampuzha in Kottayam district, for allegedly helping the accused evade arrest.
Mathew was summoned to the Angamaly police station and, after interrogation, his arrest was recorded for aiding the accused to remain at large, police said. Police said Mathew had met George after the accident and assisted him in going into hiding.
Officials also said the vehicle involved in the hit-and-run incident was registered in Mathew’s name.
The victim, Jasliya Johnson (19) of Edavanakkad, sustained serious injuries while she was walking back to her hostel in Angamaly at around 7.30 pm on February 28.
She was declared brain dead at a private hospital here on March 3, after which her parents consented to donate her liver, kidneys and corneas. Dr George was working as a house surgeon at a private hospital in Ernakulam.
The investigation team had issued a lookout circular and conducted raids in Ernakulam, Kottayam and Idukki districts before tracing him, officials said. George had also approached the Kottayam District and Sessions Court seeking anticipatory bail.
