BJP supporters returning home after celebrating Modi swearing-in stabbed at Boliyar in Mangaluru
The Hindu
Of the two stab victims, one was out of danger. The other underwent surgery at a private hospital in Deralakatte, Police Commissioner Anupam Agrawal informed in a communique.
A group of about 25 persons allegedly stabbed two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers and injured another when they were returning after celebrating the swearing-in of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at Boliyar under Konaje Police Station limits near Mangaluru, on June 9 night.
Police said Harish, 41, and Nanda Kumar, 24, were stabbed while Krishna Kumar was injured. All are residents of Innoli. In his complaint, Krishna Kumar told the police that the trio were returning home when a group from started following them from around Boliyar masjid and attacked them in front of Boliyar Bar.
Of the two stab victims, one was out of danger. The other underwent surgery at a private hospital in Deralakatte, Police Commissioner Anupam Agrawal informed in a communique. The Commissioner said the trigger for the attack could have been shouting of slogans by the victims in front of Boliyar masjid.
Konajie police have registered a case.
Condemning the attack, Dakshina Kannada MP Brijesh Chowta said this was the third such incident in the recent past. The inaction of the police in the previous incidents, reported from Belthangady and Ullal, has resulted in the present attack.
Capt. Chowta said the Congress was unable to digest Modi 3.0. Capt. Chowta posted on X: “The inability of the Congress govt & its backened support to such elements has turned Karnataka into a den of such crime within a year. This won’t be taken lying down...the Gutless Congress govt machinery better take swift action or resign-Karnataka won’t let this reign of crime & lawlessness to continue.”
Dakshina Kannada BJP district president Satish Kumpala, in a statement, said miscreants were attempting to create fear psychosis among people through such incidents and blamed the Congress government for the same.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists