DCPs, ACPs responsible if untoward incidents occur during Ganesh Festival: DCM Parameshwar
Bengaluru: DCPs and ACPs of the respective areas will be held accountable if any untoward incident takes place during the Ganesh festival, stated Deputy Chief Minister Dr. G Parameshwar.
Speaking to media persons after chairing a review meeting of the Assistant Commissioner of Police and other higher officials in the limits of city police commissionerate, he said that the police department has already prepared and taken necessary measures to maintain law and order during the Ganesh festival. ACPs must visit the police stations of their limits in the city. Besides, ACPs have been instructed to undertake patrolling compulsorily.
“Cases have been registered against 14 people under the Goondas Act. Of these, 3 cases have been booked against drugs sellers. In the same way, chain snatchers have also been brought under the Goondas Act. Rs 31.87 crore cash and gold have been seized during the previous assembly elections. The number of crime cases has comparatively come down in the city," he said.
It has been instructed to conduct parade at least two weeks in a month to listen to the issues of police constables. The recruitment process to fill the vacancies in the police department is on," the DCM added.
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50 Munambam residents join BJP after Waqf (Amendment) Bill passed
Ernakulam: Hours after the Parliament passed the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 50 residents from Munambam, a coastal village at the centre of the ongoing Waqf land dispute in Kerala, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). All of them are Christians who had previously supported the Congress and CPI(M), according to Joseph Benny, convener of the Munambam protesters’ action committee.
The move came as BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar visited Munambam and addressed the local protesters, assuring them of continued support. “This is an important day in the state's political history. This agitation has given strength to the Prime Minister and Parliament to pass the amendment Bill. We will be with you until you get back revenue rights over the land,” Chandrasekhar said. He added that the Bill has the potential to restore land rights to the people of Munambam and accused their elected MPs and MLAs of betrayal.
Around 600 families, mostly Christians, have been protesting for over 170 days after the Kerala State Waqf Board staked claim to the 400 acres of land they have inhabited for generations.
Meanwhile, the Catholic Church-linked Malayalam daily Deepika criticised the Congress and CPI(M) for rejecting the Church’s demand that their MPs support amending “anti-people sections” of the Waqf law. It accused them of attempting to instil fear among minorities by citing Sangh Parivar attacks on Christians in northern states and Manipur.
The BJP has positioned itself as the only party backing the cause of Munambam residents, while accusing both CPI(M) and Congress of prioritising Muslim interests in Kerala. Though both LDF and UDF later extended support to the Munambam agitation, their MPs voted against the amendments.
The Munambam area falls under the Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency, represented by Congress MP Hibi Eden, and the Vypen Assembly segment, represented by CPI(M) MLA K N Unnikrishnan.
