The Hindu: Mengaluru: Saturday,
April 16, 2016.
Activists on
Friday questioned the “silence” of political parties and other organisations
against the murder of 51-year-old Right to Information activist Vinayak Baliga.
The activists
under the aegis of Deshapremi Sanghatanegala Okkoota staged a demonstration
seeking proper investigation of the March 21 murder and payment of compensation
to the family members of Vinayak Baliga. Addressing the protesters, rationalist
Narendra Nayak said that while political parties organise demonstrations for
cattle theft and moral policing incidents, there has been no protests
condemning the murder of Vinayak Baliga.
District
in-charge Minister B. Ramanath Rai, Minister of State for Youth Empowerment K.
Abhayachandra Jain and the two MLAs, J.R. Lobo and Mohiuddin Bava, have not
spoken a word against the crime. Mr. Nayak said that senior Congress Leader B.
Janardhana Poojary too was silent in the matter.
Mr. Nayak
said that Vinayak Baliga had filed applications questioning several illegal
constructions in the city. He had also questioned the affairs of Venkataramana
Temple.
“The perpetrators might think that the murder
of Vinayk Baliga will make infructuous the legal fight started by Vinayak
Baliga. We will not allow this to happen. We will ensure that the legal fight
reaches its logical conclusion,” Mr. Nayak said.
Mr. Nayak
said that they were with Police Commissioner M. Chandra Sekhar and his team of
officers who are making efforts to go deep into the murder and arrest those
involved in it.
Councillor
Dayanand Shetty said that it was sad that Bharatiya Janata Party and MP Nalin
Kumar Kateel was not speaking out against the murder of Vinayak Baliga, who was
an active party worker. He sought compensation of Rs. 25 lakh compensation to
Vinayak Baliga’s family.
All India
Congress Committee member P.V. Mohan, activist Suresh Shetty and Democratic
Youth Federation of India’s activist Santosh Bajal participated in the
demonstration.
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