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Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) members organised a procession arsenic portion of its Black Day reflection connected Karnataka Rajyotsava successful Belagavi connected November 1.
Some activists gathered astatine Dharmaveer Sambhaji Maidan successful the aged city. They wore achromatic dresses and achromatic caps and shouted slogans against the Karnataka authorities for what they called mandatory Kannada imposition successful Marathi speaking areas.
They took retired a rhythm rally and padayatra from the Maidan to Maratha Mangal Karyalaya, passing done Bhatakande Nagar, Fort Road, Patil Galli, Madhav Road, Hemu Kalyani Chowk, and Shani Mandir Circle. They shouted slogans of a agreed Maharashtra, including Marathi-speaking areas successful Karnataka, including Belagavi, Bidar, Bhalki, and Nippani. Leaders similar Manohar Kinekar, Maloji Ashtekar, Deepak Dalvi and others were present.
The territory constabulary blocked a Shiv Sena person from Maharashtra who was trying to participate done the Belagavi border. Kolhapur MP Dairasheel Mane and Shiv Sena person Vijay Devaney were stopped astatine the Kuganoli cheque station successful Nippani taluk. Belagavi Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Roshan had issued orders prohibiting their introduction into Belagavi district.
The constabulary officers informed them astir the prohibitory orders against them and that they were enforcing them. They warned against trying to participate the territory by different routes. The leaders, however, did not hold initially. They argued with the constabulary for immoderate time, earlier returning to their towns successful their vehicles.
Meanwhile, a constabulary inspector landed successful a contention taking a selfie photograph with a MES person during the procession. J.M. Kalimirchi, ellipse constabulary inspector, allegedly took a selfie with MES younker helping person Shubham Shelke, who is facing transgression charges. Police sources claimed that the serviceman had been asked by elder officers to trace, find, and instrumentality a representation of himself with Shubham Shelke, who had been absconding aft facing immoderate transgression charges. Police commissioner Borase Bhushan Gulabrao said the substance would beryllium looked into.
Kannada organisations criticised the State government’s determination to grant the Karnataka Rajyotsava grant to Rajashree Nagaraju (Halagekar), chairperson of Martha Mandal Education Society (MMES). Ashok Chandaragi, convenor of the cardinal committee of Kannada organisations, said that the MMES had supported anti-Kannada and pro-MES activities successful the past, the nine did not thatch Kannada oregon instrumentality Kannada successful its medication and that its bureau bearers did not merit a Rajyotsava award.
