DK Congress issues show cause notices to Shahul Hameed, K. Ashraf

DKDCC issues notices to leaders for painting party in bad light, asking for disciplinary action explanation.

The Dakshina Kannada District Congress Committee (DKDCC) on Saturday, May 31, issued notices to its minority wing president K.K. Shahul Hameed and former Mangaluru Mayor K. Ashraf to show cause why disciplinary action should not be initiated against them for painting the party in bad light.

In separate notices to the two leaders, DKDCC General Secretary Vikas Shetty said their reported move to tender resignations to party positions in protest against the alleged inaction of the State government on Abdul Rahiman murder case has caused embarrassment to Congress even at the National level. Being senior leaders of the party, it was their responsibility to convince community members about the steps being taken by the Congress and the State government to ensure justice to the victims and safety to all.

In the notice to Mr. Hameed, the DCC said MLCs Manjunatha Bhandary and Ivan D’Souza had contacted Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Minister B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan, Chief Minister’s Political Secretary Nazeer Ahmed and senior leader B.K. Hariprasad to air the grievances of Muslim community members in Dakshina Kannada. Despite the senior Party leaders assuring Mr. Hameed to take all necessary action and asking him not to proceed with holding any meeting or tendering resignation, the latter went ahead with them.

Mr. Ashraf was told that he had issued statements asking community members not to meet the district in charge Minister during his visit to Dakshina Kannada and also had spoken low of the Minister. Besides being a responsible representative of the government, the Minister was also a senior leader of the party, the notice said.

The statements and actions of both the leaders were against the party discipline, Mr. Shetty said asking them to respond to the notices within seven days.