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The opposition from Hindu nationalists’ organiza-tions has compelled a Jesuit-run institution in the southern Indian state of Karnataka to postpone the naming of a park inside its campus after late Jesuit priest and tribal rights activist Father Stan Swamy.
The 140-year-old St. Aloy-sius College in Mangaluru had decided to hold the naming ceremony on Oct. 7 but post-poned it citing President Ra-manath Kovind’s two-day offi-cial visit to the city.
Vishwa Hindu Parishad, its youth wing Bajrang Dal and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Pa-rishad, the students’ wing of the ruling BJP, had threatened to stage a protest if the college went ahead with the plan. The park is located on the college’s Beeri campus on the outskirts of the coastal city but VHP said it would be an insult to name it after someone accused of terror activities.
“It is unfair to oppose the naming of the park in the name of Father Stan and to brand him as a Maoist because it is not yet proven in court,” Father Denzil Fernandes told.
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