The gaps between various communities is being further widened through hate-propaganda, he said. Mr. Shahid said a very deceitful approach had been adopted to polarise various religious communities to develop them into vote banks over the years. The JIH would be conducting campaign throughout Belagavi district to spread the message of peace and humanity through various activities, including street plays (in Belagavi city on Aug.27 and 28). A symposium would be organised on the theme “Peace and Humanitarian Values: Need of the hour” at Mahatma Gandhi Bhavan in the city on Aug.31. Launch of campaignA 13-member Reception Committee headed by Shri Siddharam Swamiji of Naganuru Rudraskshimath launched the peace and humanity campaign on Aug.21.

Source: The Hindu August 23, 2016 09:22 UTC