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Terming the Kanheri Math seer’s programme scheduled for June 28 astatine Basavakalyan arsenic an effort to due the egalitarian bequest of the 12th period Sharanas, the Jagatika Lingayata Mahasabha (JLM) connected Thursday announced a Basavakalyan Chalo protestation rally to beryllium held connected the aforesaid day.
Addressing a property league here, JLM territory president R.G. Shetagar, on with leaders of Souharda Karnataka and the federation of Basava-centric organisations, said that efforts are being made to reinterpret the Vachanas of Basaveshwara and task the Sharana contented done a Hindutva framework.
“The Kadasiddheshwar Swami of Kanheri is scheduled to sojourn Basavakalyan connected June 28 to enactment successful a Hindu Samavesha of Basavadi Sharanas. We powerfully reason the lawsuit arsenic it undermines the extremist and egalitarian bequest of the Sharanas. The seer has been misinterpreting Vachanas and falsely saying that Basavanna endorsed the Ramayana. We volition mobilise followers of Basavanna from crossed the State and forestall the communalisation of Sharana philosophy,” Mr. Shetagar said.
He announced that a protestation rally volition beryllium staged astatine the entranceway to Basavakalyan astatine 10 a.m. connected June 28. He said that activists will, arsenic portion of the agitation, artifact large roads starring to the town, including the engaged National Highway 65 that connects Hyderabad and Mumbai.
Referring to the caller denial of introduction to the Kanheri seer successful Vijayapura, Mr. Shetagar urged the Bidar territory medication to instrumentality akin measures to forestall his introduction to Basavakalyan.
“Kanheri seer was precocious denied introduction to Vijayapura implicit his communal remarks and the determination was upheld by court. We entreaty to the Bidar Deputy Commissioner, the Kalaburagi Regional Commissioner and the Home Minister to guarantee that Basavakalyan remains escaped from attempts to communalise Basavanna’s inclusive philosophy,” helium said.
Mr. Shetagar said that the Sharana question emerged astir 900 years agone arsenic a almighty societal and philosophical question that challenged caste hierarchy, ritualism and exclusionary practices.
“We volition defy immoderate effort to resistance the Sharana contented into Manuvadi ideology and reconstruct the precise structures that Basavanna and the Sharanas fought against,” helium said.
He said that a preparatory gathering of Basava-centric organisations volition beryllium held astatine Basavakalyan connected Sunday to finalise the agitation plan.
Representatives of Dalit organisations, labour unions, farmers groups, women’s organisations and pupil bodies are expected to participate, helium added.
Anubhava Green City
Mr. Shetagar besides announced that the instauration chromatic for Anubhava Green City, a residential task being developed by the Bidar-based Vachana Group, volition beryllium laid astatine Aland connected Saturday.
He said that the Vachana Group, an organisation of Basava followers, has been implementing assorted programmes aimed astatine improving the economical and societal well-being of its members and the lodging task is portion of those efforts.
The erstwhile Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda is scheduled to inaugurate the programme, portion Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil volition laic the instauration stone.
Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi, Bidar MP Sagar Khandre, Aland MLA B.R. Patil and Sharana Basaveshwar Samsthan caput Dakshayani Avva are expected to participate.
JLM wide caput Ashok Ghooli and different Lingayat leaders were contiguous astatine the property conference.
