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Karnataka
By Our Special Correspondent
The representatives of the Bababudangiri Souharda Vedike, Chandrashekar Patil and `Agni' Sridhar, told presspersons here today that despite the ban imposed on holding any protest rally at Bababudangiri, the people in favour of a secular society would go ahead with the demonstration. Reports, however, said the police were preventing the demonstrators from congregating at Bababudangiri and preventive arrests were being made in the neighbouring districts of Hassan, Shimoga and Dakshina Kannada. Dr. Patil and Mr. Sridhar alleged that the State Government, particularly the Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, and the Law Minister, D.B. Chandre Gowda, were a party to the Datta Jayanti celebrations by the Sangh Parivar and "the Congress party in fact utilised the services of the Bharatiya Janata Party to organise the programme. Rather than imposing a ban on celebrations by the Sangh Parivar, it was strange that the authorities had imposed a ban on those opposing the celebrations." They said every effort would be made to stall the Sangh Parivar from converting Karnataka into another Gujarat. "The Sangh Parivar's aim is to promote its Hindutva philosophy using the Datta Jayanti celebrations and extend the programme all over the State. We will ensure that the opposition to such an attempt is extended to all parts of the State. It is the Congress Government which has granted permission for the "Shoba Yatra." ``We are not against the organisers of the programme, but the Government which has accorded permission for it. People who incite violence should be kept out of the State," they added. Arrests in Hassan Our Hassan Staff Correspondent reports: The police today stalled "Souhardadedege Namma Nadige," a walkathon organised by various progressive organisations in association with the district unit of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) to Chikmagalur to express solidarity with the "Bababudangiri Souharda Vedike" which is trying to foil what is termed an attempt by the VHP and the Bajrang Dal to communalise the rituals associated with the Bababudangiri shrine. The police arrested nearly 75 members of various progressive groups and political parties, including the secretary of the State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), G.N. Nagaraj, the president of the State unit of the DYFI, Mahantesh, the noted writer, Bhanu Mushtaq, Ja. Ho. Narayanaswamy, and the DYFI district unit president, Dharmesh. They were released in the evening. The Superintendent of Police, Panduranga H. Rane, told The Hindu that the arrests were a precautionary measure. Celebrations begin The three-day Datta Jayanti celebrations were officially started by the district administration at the Dattatreya Peeta at Bababudangiri today. A priest appointed by the Muzrai Department conducted special pooja and mahamangalarathi to the Datta Padukas in the shrine. Three homas were conducted near the entrance to the shrine.
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