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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Telangana to name roads after Ratan Tata, Donald Trump
Hyderabad (PTI): The Telangana government on Sunday said it has decided to name the upcoming greenfield radial road at the proposed RRR in honour of the late industrialist Ratan Tata.
In another proposal, a high-profile road along the United States Consulate General in Hyderabad will be named ‘Donald Trump Avenue’, the government said in a release.
The state government will write to the Union Ministry of External Affairs and the US Embassy to inform them of the plans.
Earlier this year, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, while addressing the annual US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) conclave in Delhi, had proposed naming key roads in Hyderabad after leading global corporations.
Additionally, a prominent stretch will be named ‘Google Street’ to recognise the global impact and contribution of Google and Google Maps.
The road along Google’s upcoming campus, set to be the company’s largest outside the US, in Hyderabad’s Financial District, will receive this recognition, the release said.
The proposals are part of the Telangana government’s initiative to position the state as a hub for innovation-driven development.
Microsoft and Wipro are also expected to receive recognition in the city’s topography, with a Wipro Junction and a Microsoft Road, in line with the chief minister’s vision, the release added.
The state government is considering dedicating additional roads in honour of distinguished individuals and corporations.
