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| title = Attack on churches: Karnataka cops arrest Bajrang Dal convener | | title = Attack on churches: Karnataka cops arrest Bajrang Dal convener | ||
| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-20/india/27950136_1_churches-and-prayer-halls-home-ministry-karnataka | | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-20/india/27950136_1_churches-and-prayer-halls-home-ministry-karnataka | ||
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|archivedate = | |archivedate = 3 February 2011}}</ref> In February 2011, after the commission reports into the attacks were published, Kumar formally apologised to the public for the attacks and accused the BJP Government of corruption.<ref name=DT211>{{Cite news | ||
|title = Former Bajrang Dal convener Mahendra Kumar Apologizes for Church Attacks | |title = Former Bajrang Dal convener Mahendra Kumar Apologizes for Church Attacks | ||
|newspaper = The Dakshin Times | |newspaper = The Dakshin Times | ||
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|archiveurl = https:// | |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160817222440/http://www.dakshintimes.com/dakshina-kannada/mangalore/news/11020828044/former-bajrang-dal-convener-mahendra-kumar-apologi.html | ||
|archivedate = | |archivedate = 17 August 2016}}</ref> On 21 February 2011 he joined the [[Janata Dal (Secular)|Janata Dal]] Party (JDS), declaring, "I am today shedding the shackles of communalism to strive for communal harmony, for which the JDS is working."<ref name=DT211 /> He was succeeded as state convener of the Bajrang Dal by [[Suryanarayana (Bajrang Dal)|Suryanarayana]]. Kumar died in Bengaluru of a heart attack on 25 April 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/former-state-convener-of-bajrang-dal-passes-away/article31434541.ece |title=Former State convener of Bajrang Dal passes away |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=25 April 2020 |access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sahilonline.net/en/well-known-social-activist-mahendra-kumar-passes-away-of-cardiac-arrest |title=Well-known social activist Mahendra Kumar dies of cardiac arrest |website=SahilOnline.com |first=Sajjad |last=Quazi |date=25 April 2020 |access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/social-activist-mahendra-kumar-no-071630700.html |title=Social activist Mahendra Kumar no more |website=Yahoo.com |date=25 April 2020 |access-date=26 April 2020}}</ref> | ||
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