Neha Hiremath was killed because she chose to reject Fayaz’s love proposal. Her right to choose a fundamental right of human democracy was not respected. Indian society is duty-bound to acknowledge and address this issue to affect a more egalitarian society
The horror of the killing, caught on CCTV cameras, has left the town shocked while sparking a political firestorm with barely two weeks to go for voting on May 7 in Dharwad constituency of which Hubballi is a part.
Hubballi: Members of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) staged a massive protest condemning the murder of MCA student Neha Hiremath in front.
While the Congress has denied any “love jihad” link to the incident, the BJP is claiming that the state government has shut the door of investigation by making such statements to “appease its vote bank”.