DK MP Chowta Oppose FIR against Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat and Arun Kumar Puttila

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Posted on June 2, 2025

DK MP Chowta Oppose FIR against Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat and Arun Kumar Puttila

Mangaluru : Dakshina Kannada MP Capt. Brijesh Chowta said the Siddaramaiah government was misusing the government machinery to threaten, divide, and harass Hindu leaders.

He made a serious objection to the FIR against RSS leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat for alleged hate speech and the issuing of an externment notice to Hindutva activist and BJP leader Arun Kumar Puttila, the BJP, on Monday, warned of launching an agitation against the Congress government for targeting Hindu leaders in Dakshina Kannada.

Having utterly failed to ensure law and order in the State, the government was desperately attempting to smother Hindutva voices to cover up its failure in administration.

Capt. Chowta said the anti-Hindu mindset of the government was visible in every step it was taking to target the leaders. The Kadaba police visiting several Hindu leaders and taking their photographs was not only illegal, but also a coercive measure to silence the voices, he charged.

Stating that the measures were part of the Siddaramaiah government’s minority appeasement steps, the MP alleged that the government appeared to be bent upon destroying the social fabric in the district.

Stating that he had already spoken to the State police chief and asked him to stop such measures forthwith, Capt. Chowta said legislators and leaders would meet the Mangaluru Police Commissioner and the Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police on Tuesday with a similar demand.

Former State BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel decried the FIR against Mr. Bhat, who spoke at the condolence meeting of Suhas Shetty and the externment notice against Mr. Puttila.

In a statement, Mr. Kateel said the role of Kerala-based extremists was proved in the Praveen Nettaru murder case, and that the Suhas Shetty murder also happened in a similar manner. Instead of eliminating extremist forces, the government was indulging in harassing Hindu leaders for vote-bank politics, he alleged.

Former Minister and Karkala MLA V. Sunil Kumar charged the government with “attempts to introduce a police raj” in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts.

Mr. Kumar urged the government to take confidence-building measures instead of resorting to threatening tactics. While the government itself was indulging in hate mongering, the “merciless” action was targeted only against Hindu organisations, he charged.

Mr. Kumar questioned as to who was responsible for fomenting violence and enmity in Dakshina Kannada. Why the police were not touching those brandishing lethal weapons and talking of murders, he wondered. He further asked whether the police action was confined only against those protesting police atrocities or sending dissenting messages across social media.

Mangaluru City South MLA, D. Vedavyasa Kamath, and Udupi MLA, Yashpal Suvarna, too criticised the government move.