Dakshina Kannada District Muslim Okkoota will be holding a protest in front of the Mini Vidhan Soudha here on March 31 opposing state government’s decision of scrapping 4% reservation for minorities and adding it to the existing quota of two dominant communities, association president K Ashraf said on Sunday.
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BENGALURU: Opposition leader Siddaramaiah who has been on a tour of his constituency Badami, had a harrowing ordeal after he was nearly gheraoed on Tuesday by an angry group of his own constituents, most of whom raised slogans against him and openly criticised him.
Siddaramaiah was heckled and finally rescued by a group of brave policemen who immediately formed a human shield and escorted him to safety.
It may be recalled that Siddaramaiah has been on a tour of his constituency Badami since July 12 and stayed there overnight, meeting his constituents and attending to their many woes.
Pro-farmers rally in Mangaluru on Tuesday.
MANGALURU: The Republic Day in the coastal city witnessed pro-farmers rallies and slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday.
Various organisations led by the Dakshina Kannada district wing of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the youth wing of the CPI(M), held a farmers’ parade from deputy commissioner’s office to the Mini Vidhan Soudha premises.
Holding tricolour, protesters shouted slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi while they demanded the scrapping of contentious farm laws. A tractor was also brought to represent symbolically the protest being held in Delhi. A protest meet was held after pay homage to over 150 farmers who died during the protests.