<p>MLC Motamma on Monday questioned the ‘double standards’ of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who kept mum during a series of attacks on dalits and others in the garb of cow vigilantes were reported in the country.<br /><br /></p>.<p>She was addressing Congress party workers in front of the deputy commissioner’s office, at the end of a rally organised in protest against atrocities on Dalits.<br /><br />Although Motamma complimented Modi for his recent outbursts over the burning issue, she also asked why the latter did not utter a word when the workers of the Sangh Parivar, Vishwa Hindu Parishat and Bajrang Dal indulged in series of attacks. “Modi remained silent even when the vice-president of BJP Uttar Pradesh unit Dayashankar made derogatory comments on former chief minister of the same State Mayawati, also a Dalit,” criticised Motamma.<br /><br />Referring to the recent incident at Shantipura in Chikkamagaluru district, where a youth was roughed up for bringing beef, that led to disfiguring of his hands and legs, Motamma called the attackers inhuman. Going a step ahead, she also described the right wing activists as ‘man-eaters’, who are under the illusion that they are the only protectors of cows.<br /><br />Mangaluru South MLA J R Lobo called on the party workers to instil confidence in the minds of Dalits, by visiting their colonies. The Dalits are a traumatised lot now, living under constant fear, he added.<br /><br />Earlier a rally was taken out from Town Hall to the deputy commissioners office. Chief Whip in the Legislative Council Ivan D’Souza, Mangaluru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Chairman Ibrahim Kodijal – who is also the acting president of Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee – and others were present.</p>
<p>MLC Motamma on Monday questioned the ‘double standards’ of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who kept mum during a series of attacks on dalits and others in the garb of cow vigilantes were reported in the country.<br /><br /></p>.<p>She was addressing Congress party workers in front of the deputy commissioner’s office, at the end of a rally organised in protest against atrocities on Dalits.<br /><br />Although Motamma complimented Modi for his recent outbursts over the burning issue, she also asked why the latter did not utter a word when the workers of the Sangh Parivar, Vishwa Hindu Parishat and Bajrang Dal indulged in series of attacks. “Modi remained silent even when the vice-president of BJP Uttar Pradesh unit Dayashankar made derogatory comments on former chief minister of the same State Mayawati, also a Dalit,” criticised Motamma.<br /><br />Referring to the recent incident at Shantipura in Chikkamagaluru district, where a youth was roughed up for bringing beef, that led to disfiguring of his hands and legs, Motamma called the attackers inhuman. Going a step ahead, she also described the right wing activists as ‘man-eaters’, who are under the illusion that they are the only protectors of cows.<br /><br />Mangaluru South MLA J R Lobo called on the party workers to instil confidence in the minds of Dalits, by visiting their colonies. The Dalits are a traumatised lot now, living under constant fear, he added.<br /><br />Earlier a rally was taken out from Town Hall to the deputy commissioners office. Chief Whip in the Legislative Council Ivan D’Souza, Mangaluru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) Chairman Ibrahim Kodijal – who is also the acting president of Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee – and others were present.</p>
