"We believe in the leadership of the current Home Minister Parameshwara than his predecessor (George). We hopehe will bring to justice the activists of PFI and KDF who are suspected to have killed the RSS worker," Nagaraj, Kshetreeya Sanghachalak of the RSS for Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh andTelangana, told reporters here.
Nagaraj blamed George for releasing the activists of Popular Front of India and Karnataka Democratic Front during his term as the Home Minister, which instilled no-fear in themto carry out criminal activities in anticipation of the government coming to their rescue.
On VHP and Bajrang Dal's opposition to mentioning the name of DeputyCommissioner AB Ibrahim in the invitation card of afunction of Mahalingeshwara temple near Mangaluru, Nagarajsaid the religion of a bureaucrat was being unnecessarily dragged into the issue, which is related to the traditions of the temple.
"The religion of the bureaucrat is being dragged into the whole issue of temple traditions.
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The temple is following its own traditions and as per traditions, nobody's name is included on invitation card, but it has been included for now for the first time by the muzrai department.
The issue has snowballed into a controversy with Rightwing groups threatening to call a bandh if the bureaucrat'sname was not dropped.
He declined to comment to a query on senior RSS Leader DattatreyaHosabale's remarks on homosexuality.
Hosabale had commented that homosexuality was a "socially immoral act" which needed to be treated as a psychological case and demanded a ban on gay marriages, while making a series of tweets clarifying it shouldn't be glorified.