Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada District Muslim Organisation’s Federation on Thursday staged a silent protest and condemned the sexual assault on a girl that took place in Madhya Pradesh recently.

The protesters tied black ribbons on their mouths and demanded justice by submitting a memorandum to the president via DC.

They demanded stringent action against the accused and the judgment to the victim.

President of the Federation and former Mayor K. Ashraf, Frontier Defense Forum President Siddique Talapady, lawyer Hanif U., Barry Academy member Hussain Katipalla, Hamid Kudroli, Moidin Monu, Saali Bajpe, Shabbir Talapady, Tabuk Darimi Kenya, Hidayat Maripalla, Shahul Kempi , Siraj Bajpe, Rafeeq Panela, Addu Krishnapura and others participated in the silent protest.

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Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is likely to convene a meeting of chief ministers of southern states to oppose the proposed delimitation exercise, News18 reported on Wednesday.

All southern states, except Andhra Pradesh, are currently ruled by opposition parties. Andhra Pradesh has an NDA government led by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).

Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana are opposing the delimitation, saying it would unfairly penalise their successful demographic management and would result in a substantial loss of political representation.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin had last year tried to build a coalition of southern states and a few other opposition-ruled states under the banner of a “Joint Action Committee” to oppose the delimitation process.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, participating in the Joint Action Council meeting convened by Stalin, had said the proposed delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies is hanging over our heads like the sword of Damocles. He had said that southern states were being “punished for sincerely implementing the National Population Policy of 1976”.