Pramesh S Jain & Dr B Thomas (Special correspondent)
A day after Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar Shaw raised her voice against the ‘growing communal exclusion’ in Karnataka in the form of Halal ban and ban on non-Hindu merchants in temple premises and religious fairs, more people are coming out against what they see as growing communal divide in the southern state.
A team of senior advocates on Friday lodged a complaint with the DGP and IG, Praveen Sood, and the Bengaluru Police Commissioner, Kamal Pant, against some Hindu leaders for allegedly spreading hatred.
Members of All India Lawyers association for justice on Friday met city police commissioner, Kamal Pant and submitted memorandum demanding suo-motu action against hindu outfits which are creating communal divide in the society and harassing muslim traders .
The right wing organization are stopping muslim traders to do business and also campaigning among their community members not to buy and do business from them.
The police despite knowing this not initiating action is a matter of great concern.The delegation reiterated that the city police should take suo motu action against the trouble maker if they come across such incidents.
meanwhile Jamait-e-ulema, leaders of the community called upon the community to continue to do business as usual with non muslim traders without any discrimination.
Citing stray incidents,the jamiat advised the members of the community not to get influenced by current events and warned that any discrimination is against islamic principle.
During the month of ramadan,non-muslim traders do business near mosque,dargah and other public places and sell eatables to break fast.
members of the community should continue to do shopping without any discrimination and should not allow hatred to flourish .
The community should not get frustrated or disheartened by the acts and actions of few people,who are bent upon to create disturbance in the society.
Pant has been urged to take action against Hindu leaders Prashanth Sambargi,Puneeth Kerehalli and Kaali Swamy,among others.
As per the complaint,few individuals and organisations are spreading hatred in Bengaluru,Mangaluru,Udupi,Davanagere,Tumakuru,Belagavi and Kalaburagi districts along with other cities in the state.
“They are threatening Muslim merchants,which is creating a disturbing situation in the state,they said.
On Thursday, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw had stated that if communal exclusion is extended to the IT-BT sector, India would lose its global leadership.
She also urged Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to act in this regard.
