The Deputy Commissioner, N. Jayaram, has appealed to all organisations and individuals to desist from staging a protest at the controversial grave at Khanjar galli in the city on Wednesday.
His appeal comes in the wake of Bharatiya Janata Party’s third time Lok Sabha member Suresh C. Angadi holding out a threat to lead over 500 women and Hindutva workers to stage a protest and pressure the district administration to remove the allegedly fake grave. Mr. Angadi also held a meeting with party workers at his residence during the day, wherein it was decided to take out the procession from Mahadwar Road at 10-30 a.m. and culminate for a protest at the Khanjar galli, communally a sensitive area.
Mr. Jayaram, in his via-media appeal, said here on Tuesday that measures had been taken to resolve the issue in a peaceful manner. There was no objection to the removal of the grave from any section. Yet, the administration was taking optimum care so that miscreants did not exploit the sensitive matter to harm peace and communal harmony.
“Therefore, I appeal to them to desist from organising any protest and cooperate with the administration to resolve the issue in a peaceful manner. I will also speak to them i.e., Mr. Angadi in this regard,” he said.
Confrontation
The threat of Mr. Angadi is being viewed as an avoidable provocation at a time when the Khanjar Galli Jamat has reportedly accorded its consent for removal of the grave.
Feroz N. Sait, MLA, said he had told Mr. Angadi not to interfere in the matters of the local administration, which would take the appropriate decision.
