Protest march taken out in Hubballi against honour killing

Condemning the honour sidesplitting successful which a large woman, Manya Doddamani, was murdered by her family, and demanding the constitution of a fast-track tribunal to punish the blameworthy astatine the earliest, members of assorted Dalit organisations took retired a protestation march and organised a nationalist gathering successful Hubballi connected Monday.

Wearing achromatic armbands, the protestors marched from Siddharoodha Mutt premises successful Old Hubballi to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s statue located successful beforehand of the General Post Office wherever they organised a nationalist protestation gathering to condemn successful beardown presumption the barbaric enactment of sidesplitting a large pistillate for marrying extracurricular her caste.

Seers of assorted mutts, including Sri Shadakshara Swami of Adijambav Mutt, Hiriyur, Sri Marulasiddheshwar Swami of Koppal, Sri Basavanand Swami of Rudrakshi Mutt, Hubballi, took portion successful the protestation gathering condemning the incidental and said that discriminating against radical connected the ground of caste is inhuman.

Emphasising the request for surviving harmoniously by pursuing the teachings of 12th period reformer Basavanna and different Sharanas, the seers said that determination is simply a request for extended programmes to sensitise the radical and bring astir a societal transformation.

Requisite ineligible alleviation and extortion to inter-caste mates should beryllium provided done promulgation of caller laws, they stressed.

A big of leaders from Dalit organisations, including the erstwhile MLA Virabhadrappa Halaharavi, Vijay M. Guntral, Basappa Madar, Gangadhar Perur, Bhimu Halagi and Mohan Hiremani, and a big of others took portion successful the protestation march and meeting.

The speakers demanded that speedy justness should beryllium ensured to the victims by mounting up a peculiar tribunal and awarding decease punishment to the accused people.

They besides demanded that a authorities occupation beryllium fixed to Vivekanand Doddamani and 10 acres of onshore for the Doddamani family, treating it arsenic a peculiar case.

A memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister was submitted to the taluk officials who came to the protestation venue.