Belagavi district administration on Monday barred Dhairyasheel Mane, Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena MP from Maharashtra, from visiting the district to take part in a Martyr’s day occasion organised by the Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES), officers mentioned on Tuesday.
Deputy Commissioner Nitesh Patil issued prohibitory orders below the felony process code (CrPC) Part 144 on Tuesday, and police have elevated the vigil, officers added.
Professional-Maharashtrian organisation MES preventing for the merger of Marathi-speaking locations in Karnataka into Maharashtra since 1956, observe the Karnataka Rajyostava day on November 1 as ‘Black Day’ and January 17 as ‘Martyrs Day’ after 5 of its activists have been killed on police firing in Belagavi and Nippani on the day in 1956.
Based on police, the MP’s arrival was stored a secret by the MES. Nonetheless, based mostly on the intelligence inputs, the police have been in a position to take motion. Deputy commissioner of police (regulation and order) Ravindra Gadadi mentioned the entry for MP Mane was prevented as there was the opportunity of a breach of the regulation and order over his go to and deal with on the condolence assembly.
“Everybody has the best to go to anyplace within the nation with out permission. Nonetheless, these shouldn’t be allowed to enter the locations recognized as delicate, which get troubled over their go to for which such have to be prevented,” Gadadi mentioned.
Quickly after the intelligence inputs in regards to the MP’s secret go to, Belagavi police commissioner MB Boralingaiah wrote to the deputy commissioner of Belagavi. Patil, who can also be the district Justice of the Peace, then prohibited the Shiva Sena chief’s entry to the district in a late-night order.
To make sure there are not any untoward incidents over the order, the extra police drive was pressed in any respect the entry factors to the district from Maharashtra, Gadadi mentioned.
This was for the second time Mane was barred from coming into the district as his go to was to fulfill with MES. He was prevented from coming into Belagavi final month when MES organised the Mahamelava occasion within the metropolis. MES had stored this go to a secret.
Madhu Bandhekar, Mahadev Bharagadi and Laxman Gavade have been killed on the protest rally on the Water Purifying centre at Hindalga adjoining to Belagavi, and Kamalabayi Mohite and Gopal Chougale have been killed within the protest at Nippani city on January 17, 1956. Today is widely known as martyr’s day by the Marathi organisations in Belagavi.
MES Metropolis Block president Shubham Shelke condemned Karnataka for stopping MP Mane from visiting Belagavi to participate within the condolence assembly, saying it was one more instance of Karnataka coping with Marathis within the state.
“Karnataka deliberately retaining Maharashtra leaders away from us because it doesn’t need us to be united once more. First, it cancelled our programme ‘Mahamelava’, and now it prevented our sympathisers from assembly us. It’s nothing however injustice and atrocities in opposition to us. All such could be tabled earlier than the Supreme Court docket when the border dispute was taken to board for listening to,” he mentioned.
Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (Narayangowda faction) workplace bearer Ganesh Rokhade appreciated Karnataka for imposing a ban on the entry of MP Mane as there may very well be a conflict in Belagavi over his speech because the border metropolis has not but come out from the concern of riots occurred throughout the meeting winter session just lately.
“MES is in a coma for which its sympathisers from Maharashtra try to provide oxygen by their scary speech, which is dangerous to Karnataka. Earlier, it troubled the state so much. Now it shouldn’t be given a lift to get up once more. The step authorities initiated was appreciated,” he mentioned