Pro-Pakistan slogans: SDPI holds protest in front of police station

Belthangady: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) on Wednesday, January 6 held a protest in front of the District Police office opposing the arrest of three party members in connection with the video showing people shouting pro-Pakistan slogans.

The SDPI members alleged that the police barged into their houses at midnight and took them away.

They also alleged that the police did not book Belthangady MLA Harish Poonja for delivering a provocative speech after the incident. The police were working at the behest of the Sangh Parivar, booking suo motu cases against Muslims while keeping quiet when it comes to Sangh Parivar.

Speaking with this regard SDPI Taluk president Haidar Nirsal said that it was not necessary for Indian Muslims to raise pro-Pakistan slogans.

“A few people with communal mindset have doctored the video and inserted pro-Pakistan slogans, he said and added that it was a strategy adopted by a private television channel and the Sangh Parivar to malign SDPI,” he added.