Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik compares murdered journalist Gauri Lankesh to a dog
Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik
People 'are asking why is PM Modi silent and not speaking on Gauri Lankesh’s death. Is Modi responsible even if any dog dies in Karnataka?' Muthalik said
Sri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik has compared murdered journalist Gauri Lankesh to a dog.
Talking about the murders of rationalists in Maharashtra and Karnataka, Muthalik was quoted by ANI as saying: "Two murders took place in Karnataka and two in Maharashtra in Congress rule. No one questioned Congress government failure. Instead, they are asking why is PM Modi silent and not speaking on Gauri Lankesh’s death. Is Modi responsible even if any dog dies in Karnataka?"
News reports quoted Muthalik as saying later that he had not been comparing Lankesh to a dog but only pointing out that Prime Minister Narendra Modi cannot comment on every death in Karnataka.
Lankesh was shot dead just outside her Bengaluru home on September 5 last year by motorcycle-borne men.
Muthalik's organisation is under scrutiny for the murder, with police saying the man suspected to have shot Lankesh, Parashuram Waghmare, was an active member of the Sri Ram Sene.
Muthalik however had earlier distanced himself and his organisation from Waghmare, and the killings of Lankesh and the other rationalists.
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"There is no connection between Sri Ram Sene and Waghmare. He is neither our member nor our worker. This I say very clearly," Muthalik told PTI.
The Sene chief added that when the Pakistani flag-hoisting issue surfaced — Waghmare was arrested for allegedly hoisting a Pakistani flag in his home town of Sindagi in Karnataka's Vijayapura district in 2012 with the intention of creating communal tensions in the area — it was said that Waghmare was a member of the Sri Ram Sene.
Muthalik however had at the time claimed to have proved Waghmare was not a member of the Sri Ram Sene but of the RSS. "I had shared his pictures sporting RSS uniform. I had said at that time that he is an RSS worker and not of Sri Ram Sene," Muthalik had told PTI.
(With inputs from PTI)