Lynching will shake constitutional principles in the country: Prof K Phaniraj
Protest against lynching incidents
Udupi: Scholar Prof K Phaniraj said Thursday that instead of seeing the lynching incidents just as criminal activities, it should be considered as an anti-constitutional act.
He was addressing a protest at the Ajjarakadu grounds here on Friday, organized by the Federation of Dalits, Backward Classes, Minorities and Progressive Organisations against lynching incidents in the country. He said that lynching activities were a part of the conspiracy of defaming the Constitution and equality. Hindutva and communal politics of 1990s were the main reasons for such anti-constitutional (lynching) incidents and the main intension of such politics was to make the Constitution inactive, he added.
Bahujana Kranti Morcha leader Jayanth Mangaluru said that after independence, more killings were reported in the country on the name of religion and castes. Dalits should be educated against the followers of Manu who want to change the Constitution. Those who claim all are one in the name of religion were keeping the Dalits away on the name of castes, he alleged.
DSS leader Shekhar Hejmadi said that some vested interests have been trying to convert the country as Hindu nation by suppressing dalits and minorities. Untouchability and torture for entering the temples was a biggest crime than terrorism, he said.
JDS district president Yogesh Shetty, CITU district president Vishwanath Rai, Idris Hoode of District Muslim Federation, Rev. Fr. William Martis spoke on the occasion. Dalit leaders Shamraj Birthi, Sundar Master, Vasu Nejar, S Narayan, Prashanth Jattanna of Federation of International Christian Organisations, CPM leaders Balakrishna Shetty, Shashidhar Golla, Kaviraj, office-bearers of various organizations were present on the occasion. Before this, the protest march was taken out from the Service Bus Stand and passed through KM Marg, Court Road, Double Road and converged at Ajjarakadu.
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Leopard strays into house in Mysuru
Mysuru (Karnataka) (PTI): A male leopard strayed into a house here on Friday, triggering panic among residents, forest officials said.
The incident occurred around 10 am at Siddhartha Layout in the city, they said.
According to officials, the leopard, estimated to be around three to four years old, entered the house of a resident identified as Suresh. The animal was found hiding beneath a cot in one of the rooms. Those in the house managed to escape and alerted forest department officials, who rushed to the spot along with veterinarians.
The leopard, suspected to have strayed from the Chamundi Hills or nearby forest areas, was eventually tranquilised. It was later safely shifted to the Mysuru Zoo, a senior forest official said.
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