Delhi/Bengaluru: The BJP is expected to finalise its list of candidates for the May 5 Assembly polls at its election committee meet in Delhi on Thursday. Sources said that Sri Rama Sene founder Pramod Muthalik is likely to get a ticket from Belgaum (north) constituency in Karnataka. He is infamous for instigating an assault on girls at a pub in Mangalore in 2009.
It is learnt that BJP is persuading Muthalik to join the party, as it is in "dire need of a leader who can actively project its Hindutva agenda." Pramod Muthalik, a Hindutva propagandist, shot to nationwide notoriety, when his workers attacked and beat up girls in a pub in Mangalore on 24 January 2009. Muthalik has dozens of cases pending against him in courts across the state, including cases for abusing the Muslim community and suspecting their loyalty to the country.
In January 2012, members of the Sri Ram Sene party were arrested for hoisting a Pakistani flag in front of the Tahsildar office at Sindagi in Karnataka and then blaming it on the Muslim community to ferment communal tensions. He has also launched the Rashtra Raksha Sene, which according to him is trained to fight Islamic groups, whom he refers to as 'terrorists'.
The BJP wants Muthalik to contest against the sitting Congress MLA Feroz Sait. According to reports, the party feels that he can use the Hindutva card to 'tilt the scales' in a region divided in linguistic politics....
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Bangalore: Right wing outfit Sri Ram Sene on Monday opposed the Pakistan cricket team's tour to India and said it would disrupt the T20 match between the two countries in Bangalore on December 25. "We oppose Pakistan cricket team's tour to India. We will not allow Pakistan-India T20 match on December 25," SRS Chief Pramod Mutalik told reporters at Chinnswamy stadium. He alleged that both the Centre and state governments,...
09:02 PM, Dec 03, 2012
Bangalore: Activists of right wing outfit Sri Rama Sene staged a protest against casting of controversial Pakistani actress Veena Malik in the Kannada version of 'The Dirty Picture' movie and demanded her replacement with another Indian actress. The protesters, led by Sri Ram Sene President Pramod Muthalik, shouted slogans and sought to know why the makers of 'The Dirty Picture: Silk Sakkath Hot Maga' had cast her when there are...
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New Delhi: The legal fraternity on Wednesday expressed anger and indignation over the attack on advocate Prashant Bhushan in his Supreme Court chamber by two suspected Sriram Sene activists. "Nobody has the right to take law in his hands or attack a person for his opinion on any issue," said the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) Secretary General K C Kaushik, deploring the attack. "He is not only an advocate...
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Mysore: Men belonging to Karnataka's Sri Ram Sene on Saturday night attacked a pub in Mysore. According to local media reports, members belonging to the saffron brigade barged into the Tunes 'N' Tonic pub located inside the Hotel Adhi Manor and ransacked its premises. Shri Ram Sene gained notoriety in 2009 when its members barged into a pub in Mangalore and violently beat up the girls present there. It later...
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Youth Congress workers blacken the face of Pramod Mutalik. ...
09:46 AM, Feb 12, 2010
Mutalik's outfit had threatened to marry off people celebrating Valentine's Day. ...
08:45 PM, Feb 11, 2010
Pramod Muthalik will be produced in a court later on Saturday. ...
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05:38 PM, Apr 15, 2009
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04:39 PM, Apr 04, 2009
Outfit chief Muthalik had said he was keen on setting up Sene in Goa. ...
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08:23 AM, Mar 19, 2009
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06:40 PM, Mar 16, 2009
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12:58 AM, Mar 10, 2009
SRS to hold meeting to decide its role in LS polls on March 8. ...
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04:34 PM, Feb 22, 2009
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