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Two CPI(M) activists who were distributing pamphlets successful Madiwala successful Bengaluru arsenic portion of a enactment run were arrested by the constabulary connected Saturday (October 25) evening.
An FIR was filed against activists Suhas Adiga and Chithra Bhanu, who were released connected bail connected Sunday (October 26, 2025). Both are members of the CPI(M) IT Front section committee, and Mr. Adiga is the General Secretary of Karnataka State IT/ITeS Employees Union (KITU).
CPI(M) Karnataka authorities committee has planned a protestation connected December 21 successful Bengaluru to item issues specified arsenic cultivation crisis, onshore acquisition issues, unemployment, corruption, terms rise, atrocities against women and Dalits among others. Ms. Bhanu and Mr. Adiga were portion of a radical distributing pamphlets doorway to doorway and collecting signatures arsenic portion of the run up of the protest.
“Some RSS workers opposed the campaign, and our comrades resisted. During the argument, the constabulary intervened and made the arrests. It is our antiauthoritarian close to run and archer the radical astir problems and the ones who are liable for that, peculiarly successful the discourse of the increasing communal part successful nine due to the fact that of RSS and BJP’s policies,” said K. Prakash, Karnataka CPI(M) State Secretary, portion speaking to The Hindu.
A record photograph of Chithra Bhanu. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement
Adding that the enactment volition proceed with the campaign, helium questioned the Congress government’s stance connected antiauthoritarian processes.
“In the FIR, not lone person they mentioned that the organisation of pamphlets amounts to protestation and protests should beryllium held lone successful Freedom Park, but they person besides named our activists and the RSS elements together. Many of the issues we item are caused by the BJP-led national government. If the Congress government is incapable to recognize what the CPI(M) is doing against these forces and is equating america to RSS, we volition impulse them to close their mistaken cognition and recognize with whom they indispensable sail to combat the communal poison,” helium said.
CPI(M) wide caput M.A. Baby condemned the arrests connected his societal media grip and alleged the Congress authorities successful Karnataka of utilizing ‘undemocratic methods to suppress people’s struggles.’
Noting that Ms. Bhanu and Mr. Adiga person been successful the forefront of highlighting problems of IT assemblage workers and mobilising against expanding enactment hours successful the sector, a connection from CPI(M) cardinal committee termed the arrests an authoritarian determination to stifle protests and said specified moves cannot deter struggles for justice.
