Farmers stage protest, organize bandh in Sindhanur demanding purchase of corn
Sindhanur: The Sindhanur taluk bandh call given by various organizations in support of farmers demanding the purchase of corn received excellent response on Monday, with several businessmen keeping their shops closed.
Members of CPIML (Liberation), Jamaat-e-Islami Hind Sindhanur taluk unit, pro-farmer and pro-Kannada organizations, business associations, taluk lawyers’ association and contractors’ associations were among the organizations that participated in the bandh on Monday, as thousands of protesters took out a rally shouting slogans against the state government.
The leaders of the associations said that the state government had not responded to the farmers’ request to open the purchase of corn. They alleged that the urgent measures were being taken to alleviate the situation when the farmers intensified their struggle, which shows that the government was not concerned about farmers.
A similar protest had been staged by farmers last week, parking their truck outside the tahsildar’s office last week. The Lingasugur Assistant Commissioner Basavannappa Kalashetty and tahsildar in-charge Shruti had requested the farmers for four days’ time to respond to the demands, after which, the farmers withdrew their protest. As the government did not take any decision in the matter so far, the farmers expressed their anger with a protest rally on the streets of Sindhanur.
The government has not released the support price to the farmers who registered their names last December, the protesters pointed out, stressing that the officials are at fault for such shortcomings and not the farmers.
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Karnataka govt to strictly implement the paid menstrual leave policy, after HC directive
Bengaluru (PTI): Karnataka Labour Minister Santosh Lad has said that the government will strictly implement the paid menstrual leave policy across all sectors at the earliest, following the High Court directive.
The High Court of Karnataka had recently directed the state government to "strictly and faithfully" implement the menstrual leave policy, pending formal enactment of the proposed legislation.
"I welcome the directive issued by the Karnataka High Court in support of our state government's ambitious menstrual leave policy," Lad said.
The state government has taken firm steps to implement the menstrual leave policy comprehensively, and as a model to the country, he said in a post on 'X' on Thursday.
"In line with the court's opinion that menstrual leave is a matter of women's dignity, justice, and humane recognition of their lived realities, we will strictly implement the paid menstrual leave policy--equivalent to one day per month, or 12 days per year--across all sectors at the earliest," he added.
The court had said that in the interregnum, it shall be incumbent upon the state to ensure effective operationalisation of the policy through the issuance of suitable guidelines, circulars, and administrative instructions, as may be necessary to secure its uniform, consistent, and rigorous implementation across all sectors.
The court issued the directive while hearing on a petition filed by 41-year-old Chandravva Hanumant Gokavi, who works in a hotel in Mudalgi of Gokak taluk in Belagavi district, before the Dharwad bench, seeking implementation of the November 20, 2025, order of the government providing one-day menstrual leave for all working women.
