Sedition case registered for allegedly raising pro-Pak slogan in Ujire
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December 30, 2020
Belthangady, Dec 30: Police have registered a case against 15 people on suspicion of raising pro-Pakistan slogans outside a centre in Ujire where counting of votes polled for Gram Panchayat election was in progress on Wednesday.
A video of raising pro-Pakistan slogan outside the gram panchayat election vote counting centre, is going viral on social media. Activists of both SDPI and BJP can be seen in the video.
Police said some SDPI activists who were celebrating their candidate’s win in the election, shouted pro-Pakistan slogans outside a counting centre here on Wednesday.
Lok Sabha Speaker seeks high-level probe into death of S L Dharmegowda
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December 30, 2020
New Delhi, Dec 30: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Wednesday called for a high-level probe through an independent agency into the death of SL Dharme Gowda, deputy chairperson of the Karnataka Legislative Council.
Condoling demise of Dharme Gowda, Birla said: The unfortunate incident in the House, when he was in Chair, is a serious attack on democracy. It is necessary to have a high-level probe through an independent agency into his death. It is duty of all of us to safeguard the prestige of legislative bodies and dignity and freedom of Presiding officers, he added.
Stop misusing NIA to target pro-people activists, SDPI tells govt after arrest of its leaders
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December 22, 2020
Bengaluru, Dec 22: The Social Democratic Party of India has urged the BJP government to immediately stop the continuous “misuse of NIA and other investigating agencies against the pro-people activists and organizations”.
Addressing a press conference here Afsar Kodlipate, Karnataka State General Secretary, of SDPI accused the government of targeting innocents after a protest against the blasphemous remarks against the Prophet Muhammad took a violent turn in August 2020 in Bengaluru’s D G Halli & K G Halli.
“This violence was used for the political agenda. First the investigation was done by state police and later by the National Investigation Agency. Thousands of men were called for inquiry and more than 180 have been arrested in this case. Under this, the attempt by the central government to get the SDPI party under the direction of political lead