Two terror factories functioning in Dakshina Kannada, says Karnataka home minister

MANGALURU: Karnataka home minister Ramalinga Reddy said there are two "terror factories" operating in Dakshina Kannada district creating terror among people.
Reddy said the coastal district has Sangh Parivar on one side and Popular Front of India (PFI) and Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) on the other side have been disturbing peace and have made the region their terror factories. "We have already started strike against those terror factories.Soon after I assumed the charge as the home minister, I prepared action plan and police have started action to check their moves," Reddy said attacking Sangh Parivar, PFI and SDPI.
On the mode of action being taken against Sangh Parivar, PFI and SDPI, the home minister said, "I cannot divulge more details on the action being taken against them openly."
To a query on BJP’s demand to ban PFI and SDPI, Reddy said both wings were operational during BJP’s tenure itself, but no action was taken against them. "PFI and SDPI were operational when BJP was in power. However, their government did not take action against them since BJP wanted their support to split Congress’s vote bank. Now those terror factories have been expanding their wings. Hence, we have started action," he added.
Rebuking BJP’s claims that Hindu youths are being killed in Karnataka by Muslims in Congress government’s tenure, Reddy said there are 10 murder cases wherein Hindus were killed by Hindu activist groups. "BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje has sent a letter to Union home minister Rajnath Singh complaining that 23 Hindus were killed by Muslims in Karnataka. In fact, only 10 out of 23 were killed by Muslims. The list of slain Hindu youths prepared by Shobha Karandlaje also includes name of a person, who is still alive. Meanwhile, the list also contains names of many others, who were died because of other reasons like suicide and personal grudge. The law and order situation is far better that we are in the 10th place as per National Crime Records Bureau statistics," he added.