MANGALURU: Bajrang Dal activists staged a protest near the Congress office and burned the party manifesto released for the upcoming Karnataka elections. This comes after the Congress on Tuesday, in its Karnataka election manifesto, said it will take “decisive action” as per law including banning organisations like Bajrang Dal, the Popular Front of India (PFI) and others.
“We will take decisive action as per law, including imposing a ban on any such organisations, read the Congress manifesto released by party president Mallikarjun Kharge here. “The Congress party is committed to taking firm and decisive action against individuals and organisations spreading hatred against communities on the grounds of caste and religion. “We believe that law and Constitution are sacrosanct and cannot be violated by individuals and organisations like Bajrang Dal, PFI or others promoting enmity or hatred, whether among majority or minority communities, will be banned,” it added.
Meanwhile, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) international joint general secretary Surendra Jain hit out at the Congress for comparing the Vishwa Hindu Parishat (VHP) and Bajrang Dal with the Popular Front of India (PFI) and said the move is ‘highly objectionable.’ “Comparing VHP with anti-national, terrorist and banned organisation PFI is highly objectionable”, Jain said.
The VHP leader further said that the way Congress and PFI have formed an alliance, Bajrang Dal has become an eyesore for the Congress. “Sonia Gandhi cannot cheat the people of the country. The way Congress has wrongly tried to defame Bajrang Dal, the country’s people will not accept it and Bajrang Dal workers are taking it as a challenge. We will answer that too and will not let your plans succeed”.
“Congress party talk about banning Bajrang Dal, but they forget that they were the ones who opposed the banning of anti-national organisations like SIMI and they even protested on the streets against the ban”, he added. Jain further added that by saying that it will ban Bajrang Dal, the party’s agenda has come out in public. (ANI)