At massive rally, Kurubas seek Scheduled Tribe tag
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Among the members had been three Ministers in Yediyurappa’s Cabinet; struggle will proceed until our demand is met, says seer
In a present of energy to demand Scheduled Tribe (ST) standing, members of the Kuruba neighborhood, together with three Ministers in Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa’s Cabinet, carried out a massive rally within the metropolis on Sunday. Thousands of individuals from varied districts took half within the rally held on the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre floor, off Tumakuru Road.
The rally, which was led by Niranjanandapuri Swami of Kaginele Gurupeetha, Eshwarananda Swami, and different seers, noticed participation by political leaders slicing throughout celebration traces. Ministers K.S. Eshwarappa, N. Nagaraju (MTB), and R. Shankar, former Ministers A.H. Vishwanath, H.M. Revanna, and Bandeppa Kashempur, and Kurubara ST Horata Samiti president K. Virupakashappa had been amongst these current.
Leaders of the neighborhood urged the State authorities to advocate to the Centre inclusion of the Kuruba neighborhood within the ST listing.
Sri Niranjanandapuri Swami mentioned the rally had obtained overwhelming response from the neighborhood and the struggle would proceed until the governments meet the demand. Prior to the rally, non secular leaders had led a padayatra from Kaginele to Bengaluru to mobilise help. The 340-km padayatra began on January 15 and culminated on February 4 at Freedom Park within the metropolis.
In his handle, Mr. Vishwanath mentioned the neighborhood meets all of the parameters to be thought-about as a Scheduled Tribe and there was no want of an anthropological research for contemplating the neighborhood as ST. He urged the State authorities to instantly make the advice to the Centre.
Siddaramaiah provides it a miss
Without taking his title, Mr. Vishwanath took a dig on the former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah — a outstanding chief of the neighborhood — for not participating within the rally. He mentioned it was unlucky that the previous Chief Minister didn’t participate within the occasion regardless of taking all help from the neighborhood.
Mr. Siddaramaiah had distanced himself from Kuruba stir in search of ST stag alleging that the RSS and the Sangh Parivar had a hidden agenda to divide the neighborhood. He, nonetheless, has maintained that he’s not opposing the neighborhood’s demand.
Mr. Virupakshappasaid lack of political will was the rationale for the delay in Kurubas within the State getting the ST tag.
Prior to the occasion, Mr. Eshwarappa expressed confidence in regards to the neighborhood receiving the standing. The Minister instructed the gathering {that a} delegation would meet the Prime Minister and the Union Home Minister on this regard.
On behalf of the federal government, Revenue Minister R. Ashok obtained a memorandum from the organisers.
Traffic congestion
As hundreds of individuals thronged the bottom by travelling by buses and different automobiles, site visitors was thrown out of drugs on Tumakuru Road. People going from the town in the direction of Nelamangala and people coming from Nelamangala aspect in the direction of the town confronted congestion.
Krishnaprasad, a motorist, mentioned, “We had planned to go to Nelamangala. After crossing Jalahalli, however, we could not drive further owing to heavy traffic congestion. We spent at least 40 minutes on the road without any option. We then dropped our plan and made a U-turn.”
Diversions had been made for heavy automobiles coming from Tumakuru Road in the direction of Ballari Road.
