Protesters lock Mini Vidhana Soudha

Members of Dalit organisations locked the Mini Vidhana Soudha on Friday, in protest against the razing of huts belonging to Dalits on the premises.

The tense situation that followed forced the police forces to provide heavy security to the Soudha.

Members of the Jaya Karnataka, taluk unit, took out a procession demanding rehabilitation of the Dalits who lost their homes.

They also urged a quick completion of public-related work at the Nemmadi Kendra and submitted a memorandum to H Nanjaiah, the tahsildar.

Various Dalit organisation members, accompanied by the Dalits who lost residence, then walked till the Mini Vidhana Soudha and locked the building.

They insisted that they had received the title deeds during the tenure of former legislator R Venkataramaiah, asking if the deeds given to them on behalf of the government were fake.

They also questioned the mutation as part of the land acquisition process that declared the site of their huts as part of the State sewage area.