Telangana police has extended the restrictions on the entry of a Hindu seer Swamy Paripoornananda in two more commissionerates of Rachakonda and Cyberabad adjoining Hyderabad for his provocative speeches.
He was externed from Hyderabad for six months yesterday and was shifted to his home town Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh. The fresh orders banning his entry in other areas was issued by the Police Commissioners of Cyberabad and Rachakonda on Thursday.
As Telangana Government has decided to take stern action against any body trying to disturb peace and tranquility, sources said that other districts of Telangana were likely to impose a similar ban on the entry of the religious leader. Paripoornananda is the head of Kakinada based Sri Peetham and president of Hindu Rashtriya Sena.
latest action came even as the BJP and the other Hindu organisations were staging protests in Hyderabad and at different places demanding revocation of the ban.
The action came amid row over some controversial remarks made by a renowned Telugu film critic Kthi Mahesh against Hindu sacred figures of Rama and Sita triggering strong protests.
Kathi Mahesh was externed from Hyderabad for six months by Hyderabad police and was shifted to Chittoor in Andhra Pradesh. In a Facebook chat Kathi Mahesh opposed the externment of Paripoornananda and criticized his own expulsion from Hyderabad.
“This is a medieval punishment”, he said. Mahesh, who is in Bengaluru now, expressed confidence that he will return to Hyderabad with respect and honor. “I am being victimised because I am Dalit”, he said.
He also criticised the BJP, RSS, VHP and Bajrang Dal for exploiting the name of Ram for political purposes. “They are raking up controversy on irrelevant issues because they want to use Ram for their political ends”, he said.
BJP, which has reacted strongly to the police move took the issue to the State Governor ESl Narasimhan. A delegation of the party leaders led by former Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya met the governor and urged him to get the ban order against Paripoornananda revoked.