Protest by Dalit families in constituency of CM B.S. Yediyurappa
The Hindu
They have been fighting for grant of land in Mayathamma Muchudi village
Around 20 Dalit families of Mayathamma Muchudi village in Shikaripura Assembly constituency, represented by Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa, staged a protest on Wednesday against the taluk administration for removing encroachments on government grazing land (gomala). The protesters, who were carrying some bottles, threatened to commit suicide en masse if they were not allowed to cultivate the land. The police took away the bottles forcibly. Shikaripur Tahsildar M.P. Kaviraj pacified the protesters by assuring that he would convey their pleas to the Karnataka government.
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