Dharmasthala forum to stage protests in 60 places of state against illegal activities in temple town
Bengaluru: The Dharmasthala Dourjanya Virodhi Vedike is organizing a series of protests, ‘Nyayakkagi Janagraha 2025’ at 60 places across Karnataka on Thursday, October 9, in opposition of various illegal activities in Dharmasthala.
The organization is carrying out the protest series on the occasion of 13 years since the rape and murder of Sowjanya. The protest is said to be against rape, murder, illegal acquisition of land reserved for Dalits and microfinance interest racket that is allegedly going on in the temple town.
People have been fighting since 1980 against cases of unnatural death, murder, rape and land acquisition in Dharmasthala. This is, however, the first instance that the Vedike is organizing protests in villages all over the state for these issues on a single day.
The events will include meetings, submission of memoranda, protest, display of posters and candle-lit procession in various villages.
The Vedike is holding protests in Bengaluru district in Vijinapura (6 pm), Chinnappanahalli (6 pm), B Chinnasanda (6 pm), Nagarabhavi Village (6 pm), Hosur Bande, Kannur (6 pm), Bhairaveshwara Nagar (6:30 pm), Chikkadevasandra (5 pm), Kapila Nagar (5 pm), Srinivasa Nagar (5 pm), Shivananda Nagar (5 pm), Hoysala Nagar (5 pm), Shantinagar (5 pm), Tyagaraja Nagar (5:30 pm), and Srigandha Nagar (4 pm).
In Bengaluru South, the protests are being held outside the tahsildar’s office in Anekal taluk (12 pm), while in Maddur taluk of Mandya, it is being held outside the Dodda Arasikere Gram Panchayat office at (10 am).
In Malavalli taluk of Mandya district, the Vedike is staging protests at 10 am outside Bijipura, Panditahalli, Banduru, Duggananhalli, Talagavadi, Hittanahalli Koppalu, Thorekadanahalli, Nidlaghatta and Kandegala gram panchayat offices.
A mega procession will be taken out from the ‘Shramika Bhavan’ till Puneeth Rajkumar’s idol in Hoskote in Vijayanagara district at 10 am.
The Vedike will stage protests at 11 am outside the Kodagu Deputy Commissioner’s office in Madikeri, Tumakuru DC’s office in Tumakuru city and Kolar DC’s office in Kolar and at 11:30 am outside the Kalaburagi DC’s office.
In Bidar district, the organization will protest outside the Bidar DC office at 11 am, and at 11:30 am in Basavakalyana and Humnabad taluks.
In Mysuru, the protest will be held at Gandhi Chowk at 11 am, while in Haveri, the protest will be outside the tahsildar’s office at 11 am.
In Raichur, there will be protests outside the DC’s office in Raichur town at 11:30 am, and outside the Sindhnur, Devdurg and Lingasugur taluk offices at 11 am.
In Ballari, a meeting will be held at 11 am at the Gandhi Bhavan while in Hassan, a mega public meeting, book release and candle-lit procession will be carried out at the Hassan Mahavira Circle at 6 pm.
In Dakshina Kannada, there will be a meeting at the Ambedkar Bhavan, Belthangady, at 10:30 am, a protest outside the ‘Vikas’ State Bank of India office in Mangaluru at 5 pm, at the Kurnadu Junction in Mudipu at 5:30 pm, outside the DYFI office in Harekala at 7:30 pm, near Tevula in Kuttar at 7 pm, at Pakkaladka Junction in Bajal at 7:30 pm, at Sunkadakatte in Urwa Stores at 7:30 pm, at PG Point of Bengre Kasaba at 5:30 pm, near City Press in Bunder at 8:30 pm, near Angaragundi of Baikampady at 7:30 pm, at Kana Junction in Surathkal at 7:30 pm, at Yeyyadi in Konchady at 6:30 pm, at Vidyanagara in Panjimogaru at 7:30 pm, and at Thiruvail in Vamanjoor at 7:30 pm.
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Former minister C M Ibrahim announces to launch new regional party for Karnataka
Kalaburagi: Two years after being expelled from the Janata Dal (Secular), former minister C.M. Ibrahim has announced that he will launch a new regional political party in Karnataka on January 24, reported Deccan Herald.
Speaking at a meeting organised by the Nava Karnataka Nirmana Andolana in Kalaburagi on Sunday, Ibrahim confirmed the birth of the new party.
The 77-year-old politician stated he would soon be meeting with other like-minded individuals to choose a symbol for the party.
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Ibrahim emphasised that the organisation would be guided by the principles of 12th-century social reformer Basavanna and the architect of the Indian Constitution, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
A veteran politician, Ibrahim served as Union Civil Aviation Minister during the tenure of H.D. Deve Gowda as Prime Minister and later headed the Karnataka unit of the Janata Dal (Secular). He was expelled from the JD(S) in 2023 on charges of anti-party activities.
His exit from the party followed sharp differences over the JD(S) decision to ally with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). As the then state president of the JD(S), Ibrahim had publicly criticised the alliance, claiming it was finalised without his knowledge. He had also reportedly convened meetings of his supporters and expressed support for the INDIA bloc.
