Protest against implementation of A.J. Sadashiva panel report

April 21, 2015 12:00 am | Updated 05:41 am IST - DAVANGERE:

Members of the district unit of Banjara Hakku Horata Samiti took out a procession and staged a dharna outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office here on Monday asking the State government not to implement the recommendations of the A.J. Sadashiva Commission.

The protesters took out a procession from the KSRTC bus terminal which culminated outside the Deputy Commissioner’s office.

Study

Instead of conducting a study at the district, taluk, village and hobli-levels, the commission prepared a report by collecting opinion from only some parts of the State. The commission report was completely one sided and transparency had not been maintained while preparing it. “Instead of conducting a detailed survey, the commission made attempts to divide Dalits by differentiating them,” he added. Even decades after the country gained Independence, the Lambami community was suffering from lack of basic facilities and its members were educationally and socially backward. Instead of offering more facilities and reservation to people of the community, the commission proposed to remove them from the list of Scheduled Castes.

The agitation was led by the former MLA Basavaraj Naik and agriculture produce marketing committee president Raghavendra Naik.

The report is

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