Mangaluru: After the Social Democratic Party of India has been accused of giving a murder accused a ticket to contest in Puttur, it now faces another piquant situation for its candidate from Mangaluru City (formerly Ullal) constituency Riyaz Farangipete. He is under the NIA scanner for alleged seditious activities.
In the Mangaluru City Constituency, Riyaz Farangipet has been selected as the SDPI candidate, and he has already submitted his nominations. In the form of Riyaz, the SDPI has put forth a strong candidate to challenge Congress’ U. T. Khader, a Former mm Minister and Senior Congress Leader, for the Mangaluru constituency. The District is regarded as Congress’ current stronghold. The National Secretary of the SDPI, Riyaz, was charged with planning an attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 12, 2022, in the Bihar region of Phulwari Sharif. The investigations allegedly revealed Riyaz’s links with accused persons. An FIR was lodged against him by the NIA. He is said to have attended the planning meetings with the accused.
In addition to this, he is the subject of numerous cases filed in the Dakshina Kannada District’s Belthangady, Mangaluru South, Konaje, and Mangaluru North. He is accused of inciting hostility between groups and impeding police officers’ performance of their duties. On Monday, Riyaz Farangipet organised protests in the wake of the hijab controversy and calls for a boycott of Muslim businesses, sources claimed that the SDPI had aggressively campaigned against Congress candidate Khader. on Monday. The SDPI is waging a ferocious campaign against Khader, a well-known progressive leader, in the Muslim-dominated District. In the 2018 elections, Congress only succeeded in winning one seat in the District. All seats of the District were won by BJP.