Kalaburagi: Following its simultaneous raids by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on the houses of the leaders of the Popular Front of India (PFI) in the district on Thursday morning, NIA personnel detained two PFI leaders here.
PFI district president Sheikh Ijaz Ali and PFI state committee member Shahid Naseeb were detained on Thursday, said sources.
The residence of Ali, situated on Tipu Sultan Chowk in the city, was among the houses raided by the NIA.
On learning of the detention of Ali and Naseeb by the NIA, members of the PFI landed on the streets protesting. The activists gathered at Tipu Sultan Chowk and staged a stir opposing the raid and detention, the sources added.
“The BJP government is petrified of PFI and desperate to silence the Popular Front,” the activists said, also demanding, “The two leaders of the PFI who have been detained by the NIA should be released immediately.”
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Population control policies, UCC require public cooperation: RSS chief
Mysuru (Karnataka) (PTI): RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Thursday said population control policies and the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code required public cooperation and long-term thinking, and asserted that caste-based politics would disappear only when society stopped identifying with caste divisions.
Addressing an interaction session after delivering a lecture on "Social Harmony as a Catalyst for National Development" at JSS Mahavidyapeetha here, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief also called for harmony among religions and communities. He urged people to practise equality in social life through conduct rather than slogans.
"Because society remembers caste, politicians take advantage of it. Their legitimate aim is to get votes. If they cannot get votes through work, they will get votes through caste," he said.
Replying to a question on the Population Control Bill and Uniform Civil Code (UCC), Bhagwat said the RSS was not the government but a social organisation and emphasised that laws could succeed only with public participation.
"People must first be educated. Policy is necessary, but policy can only succeed with public cooperation," he said.
Referring to population control measures during the Emergency period, Bhagwat said aggressive enforcement had led to public resentment and political backlash.
