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Exodus of people from northeast: Karnataka CM says normalcy restored in Bengaluru | | Karnataka Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar on Sunday claimed that normalcy has
been restored in Bengaluru in the wake of the recent exodus of people from the northeast. He
expressed confidence that the people from northeastern states who had fled from the city
due to threats would return soon. Addressing media here on Sunday on the sidelines
of his meeting with Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh, Shettar said: “It
is completely under control, everything is okay. We have given all the security
and have taken all the precautionary measures and all the people are happy.” “They
have stayed there for 10 to 12 years, they have very peacefully lived there and
they have confidence in Karnataka government. Because of these rumours and everything
that has happened, today morning I got the information that when they reached
Guwahati, they wanted to return to Bengaluru, because they treated Bangalore
and Karnataka as their own state,” he added. Muslims across India have been alarmed
by clashes in recent weeks between indigenous people in Assam and Muslim settlers
from Bangladesh . About 75 people have been killed and more than 400,000 displaced.
The violence has angered Muslims around the world and raised tension in India
where religious and ethnic divisions have simmered for decades, occasionally erupting
into communal blood letting. Rumours of revenge attacks by angry Muslims have
been swirling, many carried on social media. Adding to the climate of fear was
a knife attack on a Tibetan student in a town near Bengaluru although the circumstances
were not clear. The jitters sent throngs of northeasterners to railway stations
in the country's southern and western cities, looking for a ride home. The police
in Bangalore sought to scotch rumours of impending revenge attacks, sending a
mass text message that told northeastern citizens: "Do not panic or heed to rumour."
Shettar added that investigations are on. India ’s Home Secretary, R K Singh,
had said on Saturday that most of the bulk messages that led to the exodus have
been sourced to Pakistan . He said that the issue would be taken up with the Ministry
of External Affairs. Shettar met Raman Singh, in a bid to put forward his demand
for coal linkages, as the Karnataka Government is developing a thermal plant in
Chhattisgarh. The Karnataka and Chhattisgarh governments had signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) in 2008 to build a thermal plant in the central Indian
state.
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