Congress fact-finding team to visit Dakshina Kannada tomorrow
Mangaluru: A fact-finding team appointed by the KPCC will visit Dakshina Kannada district on Thursday to gather information on the recent communal crimes that led to a breach of peace.
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The seven-member team will meet senior Congress leaders, deputy commissioner, city police commissioner, superintendent of police and religious leaders. The team will also hold a meeting with organisations, labour leaders, thinkers, writers, artists and social activists.
Vijay Mulgund, general secretary (administration), KPCC, said the team includes MP Syed Naseer Hussain, MLC Manjunath Bhandary, MLA NA Haris, AICC secretary Roji M John, KPCC vice-president VR Sudarshan, former minister Kimmane Ratnakar and former MP K Jayaprakash Hegde.
"The KPCC is sending the team to find facts regarding the murders, communal violence and other untoward incidents reported in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttar Kannada districts.
The team will visit places, meet families of the victims and members of organisations before submitting a report to the KPCC," he said.
Chairperson slams Karandlaje
Karnataka Cashew Development Corporation chairperson Mamatha Gatti slammed Union minister Shobha Karandlaje for accusing the state govt of targeting the Hindutva leaders in Dakshina Kannada. Gatti said on Tuesday that the Union minister, instead of supporting the efforts of the state govt to establish peace and law and order in the district, has allegedly instigated the people. Despite hailing from the district and rising to powerful positions like state and Union ministers, Karandlaje did not make any efforts to put an end to communal tensions in the district, said Gatti, and sought an apology from Karandlaje.
Reacting to Karandlaje's criticisms of the guarantee schemes of the Congress govt, Gatti said the schemes have helped women with empowerment.
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