Mangaluru: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa is slated to visit Mangaluru city on Saturday, December 21. He will personally review the security arrangements and collect details of the incidents which resulted in the police opening fire on the protesters.
According to sources, DG-IGP Neelamani Raju will also visit the city along with the Chief Minister, and participate in the review meetings.
Meanwhile, the CM asked all BJP MLAs and ministers not to make any statements in connection with the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 or the National Register of Citizens, keeping in mind the law and order situation.
“He (BSY) has asked the MLAs and ministers to avoid participating in discussions and debates on both the issues,” said a party MLA.
On Thursday, BSY had appealed to the people to maintain peace and calm, after violent protests against the CAA were witnessed across the state.
“I appeal to the people, political parties and their leaders to maintain peace and calm on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA),” the Chief Minister told reporters here after a day-long protest against the new law by hundreds of people, including Left, social, Muslim and students organisations.
Asserting that the CAA was not a threat to Indians, Yediyurappa said the amended law was applicable to the persecuted Hindus, Sikhs, Parsis and Christians who were minorities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and sought citizenship in the country as their ancestors belonged to India.
“The CAA does not discriminate people on the basis of religion. Citizenship is accorded on their nationality and not on community or caste basis,” he asserted.
Accusing the opposition parties and their leaders of politicising the issue, he said the CAA was a national law with a constitutional provision.
(With inputs from IANS)
