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Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore (SP)
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Mangalore, Nov 8: Delivering the keynote address at the protest meeting organized on Friday November 7 in front of the office of the deputy commissioner here by the Dakshina Kannada district Swami Lakshmanananda Homage Committee, ex-MLC Balakrishna Bhat urged the governments to respect the sentiments of the majority Hindus. "The Hindus have awakened. They cannot tolerate continued assault on their religion by others," he claimed.
Alleging that Marxists, missionaries and Muslims have been relentlessly attacking Hinduism, he urged the government to restrain religious conversions by enacting suitable laws. "If it fails to do so, we will take suitable steps. The politicians should refrain from indulging in vote bank politics," he said. Bhat said, that the inability of the government to arrest culprits who murdered Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati even after 75 days of his death, has pained the Hindus and urged the government to act fast on the issue.
In his address, Satyajit Suratkal asked the union government to meet its assurance of arresting the accused in connection with the Swamiji's murder.
Regional president of Vishwa Hindu Parishat M B Puranik read out a memorandum addressed to the central and Orissa governments. Various leaders were present.
Protest in Udupi
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Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (GA)
Udupi, Nov 7: Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati Homage Committee staged a protest on Friday November 7 afternoon, in front of Deputy Commissioner's office, here, urging the union government to arrest the assailants of Swami Lakshmanananda and his four disciples who were killed in Kandhmal district of Orissa on Krishnasthami day of August 23.
The protesters urged to arrest the assailants at the earliest, since religious sentiments of Hindu brethrens were deeply hurt by the heinous crime of killing Swami Lakshmanananda and others. Moreover, they urged the union government to enact anti-conversion law for communal harmony and peace to reign in the country.
Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati Homage Committee president Shyamprasad Kudwa, secretary Udaykumar Shetty, Udupi Urban Development Authority president Sudhakar Shetty, municipal councilor Dinakar Shetty, BJP women wing president Shyamala Kundar, Katpady Shankar Poojary, Keshavaraya Prabhu, Yashpal Suvarna, Ravindra Shetty, Raghupati Bramavar and hundreds of activists were present.
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