Mysuru: AHINDA organisations protest omission of Yathindra Siddaramaiah from government advertisements

AHINDA organisations in Mysuru held a demonstration at Ramaswamy Circle in the city on Thursday (October 22) to protest the omission of Mysuru district in-charge Minister Yathindra Siddaramaiah from the government advertisements relating to Mysuru Dasara and Vijayadashami celebrations.

The activists of AHINDA, an acronym for Backward Classes, Minorities and Dalits, held placards and shouted slogans against the alleged efforts to sideline Mr. Yathindra.

The protesters, led by K.S. Shivaram, State president of the Karnataka State Backward Classes Awareness Forum, sought action against the persons responsible for the alleged violation of protocol by omission of Mr. Yathindra’s name.

They also condemned the alleged insult by the police to Dalit Ministers — Shivaraj Tangadagi, P.M. Narendraswamy, and K.S. Basavanthappa — during Nandidhwaja pooja.

The protesters also shouted slogans against the Police Department for obstructing the Ministers from proceeding to the enclosure created for performing the pooja. The AHINDA organisations vowed to back the Dalit Ministers.

Mr. Shivaram criticised the police personnel for not only preventing the Jetti wrestlers from entering the Mysuru palace premises — which led to cancellation of the Vajra Mushti Kalaga that is held as part of the Vijayadashami procession of the Wadiyars — but also the obstruction caused to journalists by the police on the palace premises on Wednesday.