BJP launches ‘I am also a karsevak, arrest me too' campaign in Karnataka

04 Jan 2024 Evaluate

The BJP in Karnataka today started a campaign 'I'm also a Karsevak, Arrest Me Too' following the arrest of a Hindu activist in connection with a 31-year-old case related to Ram Janmabhoomi agitation. Karnataka BJP intensified the protests with the campaign in several parts of Karnataka. 

Karnataka MLA and former minister V Sunil Kumar staged a sit-in demonstration and led the campaign in Bengaluru near the Sadashivanagar police station amid chants of ‘Jai Sri Ram’ by BJP workers. Carrying a placard with the message 'I'm also a Karsevak, Arrest Me Too', Kumar said he too took part in the Rama temple agitation in 1992, for which he should also be arrested. Subsequently, he was taken into custody by the police. 

Talking to media, Kumar said that the campaign 'I'm also a Karsevak, Arrest Me Too' has been launched to condemn the ‘anti-Ram and anti-Hindu policies’ of the Congress government. He said that thousands of people from Karnataka participated in the 1990 and 1992 ‘Kar Seva’ in Ayodhya despite the threats of the government of that time. Kumar also alleged that the ruling Congress in Karnataka has resorted to a strategy of intimidating Karsevaks, and Ram devotees. The BJP has accused the Congress government of being harsh on Hindus, and also indulging in minority appeasement. Senior BJP leaders K S Eshwarappa and C T Ravi lead the demonstrations in the district headquarters town of Shivamogga and Chikkamagaluru, respectively. 

Meanwhile, the Congress government defended its actions. They described Poojari as a ‘social miscreant’ and ‘criminal suspect’ and said he is facing allegations of involvement in 16 anti-social activities, including illegal liquor sales, gambling and matka. Srikanth Poojari, a Karsevak, was arrested by police in the north Karnataka city of Hubballi last week in connection with a case of rioting registered in December, 1992.



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