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Members of the Panchamasali preservation agitation committee held a protestation successful beforehand of the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha connected Wednesday, seeking recategorisation of their community.
Activists who marched to the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha held placards against the State authorities for failing to supply 2A preservation benefits to the community.
Several leaders, including Basava Jaya Mrityunjaya Swami of the Panchamasali Peeth, were taken distant successful constabulary vehicles.
They held a soundless protestation with achromatic badges and bands. The march began astatine the Gandhi Bhavan. They blocked the Rani Channamma Circle for astir fractional an hour. They held a dharna astatine the Sangolli Rayanna Circle for different fractional an hour.
Protestors got into an statement with the police. Police took everyone into custody. Some of them raised slogans erstwhile the constabulary took the seer into custody.
MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal, who was starring the procession, was not taken into custody arsenic helium was moving up with a group. He walked to the nationalist road and took a conveyance to the Soudha to be the session.
Earlier, Mr. Yatnal accused the authorities of curbing the Panchamasali protest. “Last year, they ordered a lathi complaint connected the protestors. We privation to observe December 10 arsenic the time of atrocities connected Panchamasalis. The Chief Minister and others should retrieve that nary authorities that uses unit against its citizens volition survive,” helium said.
“The State authorities is funny successful Tipu Jayanti, but not successful justness to Panchamasalis. When we raised the contented of Panchamasali reservation, our ain assemblage person Vijayananda Kashappanavar spoke of Tipu Jayanti. On different occasions, helium avoided participating successful the discussion,” Mr. Yatnal said.
Former Minister C.C. Patil said the Panchamasali agitation had not stopped contempt respective setbacks.
“We volition combat until we get a reservation. Some nationalist representatives are not progressive successful the agitation. But that is ok. The radical are with us,” helium said. He said this would go an predetermination contented successful the future.
