Partial response to bandh call in Bidar
Samiti seeks implementation of Sadashiva Commission report.
The ‘Bidar bandh’ called on Monday by the Madiga Dandora
Horata Samiti seeking implementation of the A.J. Sadashiva Commission
report on internal reservation was partial and peaceful. Government
offices and schools were open. Some private schools had declared a
holiday.
Private offices and shops, which remained closed for a few hours in the morning, reopened by noon.
North
East Karnataka Road Transport Corporation buses were stopped for a few
hours in the morning, but the movement of private vehicles was not
affected.
Protesters took out a rally and gathered at the Ambedkar Circle.
Vice-president
of the samiti’s State unit Chandrakanth Hippalgaonkar said only some
communities were enjoying the benefits meant for all Scheduled Castes.
“This has led to a great divide among the over 100 communities among the
Scheduled Castes. It is now the responsibility of the State government
to correct the anomalies and make sure that each caste gets its due
share of reservation and other benefits,” he said. Mr. Hippalgaonkar
said the commission report recommended scientific measures to provide
facilities to each community based on its population.
“It has also brought in the concept of dividing communities into touchable and untouchable groups,” he said.
District
president of the samiti Fernandes Hippalgaonkar said that States such
as Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Haryana and Sikkim had already
implemented internal reservation among Scheduled Castes, and Karnataka
should follow suit. They submitted a memorandum, addressed to Chief
Minister Jagadish Shettar, to Additional Deputy Commissioner Noor
Mansoor. Earlier, protesters took out a motorcycle rally from Hyderabad
Road to Naubad industrial area and got shopkeepers to down shutters.
They got into arguments with some traders in Naubad and in the old city
when they refused to down shutters. One shopkeeper in Naubad told them
that traders were suffering losses owing to bandhs.
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