Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Dec 31: A section of Hindu organizations has expressed bitter opposition to late night revelries in the name of New Year celebration. A few organizations committed to Hindutva ideologies have expressed their determination to put an end to DJ and parties going on in bars and restaurants beyond 11 pm today.
The district police department has said that the parties beyond 12 am will not be permissible. Therefore, traditional organizers of New Year parties hope that they will not face any problem. The New Year parties usually culminate after the people shout new year greetings in a crescendo and frantically greet each other at 12 am. But leaders of pro-Hindu organizations including Bajrang Dal leader, Sharan Pumpwell, have threatened to gatecrash into DJ parties going on in pubs and bars after 11 pm. They have asked the police not to allow pubs and bars to function beyond 11 pm.
Police commissioner T R Suresh
Pumpwell feels that New Year parties are ideal occasions for trapping girls as part of Love Jihad. Such parties also are known to be used by drug and sex mafia, he argues.
But parties are being organized tonight like every year. Those who are arranging these parties are sure that police and the administration will see that those who follow rules are not harmed. Some point out that such warnings were issued even in previous years where parties went ahead without any disruptions, and that Hindu outfits should not have grouse against parties where no illegal activities go on and where women are dealt with respect. A few party organizers have said that they plan to hold the party in a decent atmosphere without allowing anyone to cross limits of decency. There are also parties where men and women are separated with the help of barricades.
City police commissioner, T R Suresh, has assured party organizers that they can go ahead with the parties if they follow all the rules and guidelines framed by the district police. He has warned people who are opposed to such parties of stern action if they try to break law.