Dalits-Progressives must unite to protect constitution: Senior journalist Sanath Kumar Belagali
Bengaluru, September 16: Senior journalist Sanath Kumar Belagali said that Dalits and progressive activists should come together to protect the Constitution which has been facing threat in the country.
Speaking on present crisis at a seminar organised by the Dalit Sangharsh Samiti at Doddaballapura on Sunday, he said that the democracy in India was facing threat. Some forces have been conspiring to destroy the Constitution. The life of Indians was at risk. The power of the rich has been oppressing those who have been fighting for justice and life. If the people speak in favour of poor Dalits, naxals and oppressed classes, they were being targeted as naxals. If the intellectuals speak against the oppressive attitudes of the ruling parties, they were being branded as ‘urban naxals’. The government has not arrested those who attacked on Dalits at Bhima Koregaon. But the human rights activists were being arrested, he said.
The government has arrested progressive thinkers and human rights activists and created a false story that they have plotted to kill the prime minister. People who follow Manusmriti have been targeting those who speak for equality, he said.
Buddha, Basavanna and other social reformers had experienced the same torture. Narendra Dabholkar, Dr Govind Pansare, Dr MM Kalburgi, Gauri Lankesh and others were killed in the same way. It was necessary to fight against such incidents, he said
DSS convener Lakshminarayan Nagavara, Bengaluru divisional convener Jeevanahalli Venkatesh, organising convener Kallappa Kamble, leaders Sham Ghatge, Sharanappa Gulabala Doddamani, Shobha Kattimani, Kyalasanahalli Srinivas and others were present.
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Cristiano Ronaldo scores his 100th Saudi Pro League goal
Riyadh (AP): Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 100th Saudi Pro League goal as Al-Nassr beat Al-Shabab 4-2 to move five points clear at the top of the table.
The 41-year-old forward converted a Sadio Mané cross at the near post with 15 minutes remaining to record the 971st goal of his career on Thursday. It was also his 26th league goal of the season.
“Ronaldo is always dangerous going forward and we saw that again today,” Al-Nassr coach Jorge Jesus said.
João Félix, signed from Chelsea in July, scored three goals for the league leaders.
The win took Al-Nassr to 82 points from 32 games, five ahead of Al-Hilal, which has three matches, one more than Nassr, left to play. Al-Hilal meets Al-Kholood on Friday and faces Nassr on Tuesday in what could be a title decider against its Riyadh rival.
“Now we have a derby match against our rival, which is a difficult encounter,” Jesus said.
“We are fully aware of its importance, and we are dealing with it with complete focus as we know that small details could decide the result.”
Ronaldo, a five-time Ballon d'Or winner, has yet to secure a major trophy in Saudi Arabia since signing with Al-Nassr in December 2022.
