Love jihad spreading: Cong Corporator

In what could be called as embarrassment for the ruling government in Karnataka, Congress corporator Hubballi Dharwad Corporator, Niranjan Hiremath on Friday said that love jihad was spreading rapidly.

Niranjan is the father of MCA student Neha Hiremath who was killed on Thursday by Fayaz. He stated on Friday that love jihad was spreading rapidly and made an appeal to mothers to take care of their college-going daughters.

Replying to a question, Niranjan said, “Yes. Incidents are taking place on these lines. When we see incidents around us, brutality is on the rise. I don’t know why these youngsters are taking the wrong path and have such a mindset.”

“Our demand is that no girl should undergo this trauma. I feel that ‘Love Jihad’ is spreading rapidly. I appeal to all mothers, if you are sending your daughters to college, you should also go with them and ensure that no one is following them. What happened to us should not happen to anyone,” he said.

Niranjan added, “The situation around us is very sensitive. The government is all set to provide 50 per cent reservation for women and on all fronts women are ahead. If things go on in this manner, what would be the situation?” “The authorities have told us that they will give us all the information about the investigations in the case. I appeal to the state government and all leaders to take suitable action in this regard,” Niranjan said.