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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Stone-pelting allegations trigger tension in K'taka town; youths injured, security tightened
Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka) (PTI): Tension gripped the Vijayapura area of Chikkamagaluru late Monday night following allegations of stone-pelting, triggering protests by members of two communities and heavy police deployment.
Allegations surfaced that some youths from a community had pelted stones at houses over the past week and harassed girls for the last three days, leading to outrage among local residents, police said.
According to police sources, two youths who were found moving in a suspicious manner were caught by activists of an organisation, beaten up and later handed over to the police. Soon after, hundreds of youths from both communities gathered in front of the Basavanahalli Police Station and the government hospital, creating a tense atmosphere.
While one group claimed they were not involved in stone-pelting, another group demanded strict action against those responsible for the attacks on houses and alleged harassment.
Police, who were alerted in advance, rushed to the spot and dispersed the crowd.
Authorities said they struggled for some time before bringing the situation under control. Tight security was in place across the city.
Meanwhile, the two injured youths are undergoing treatment at the government hospital.
