Lingayat Panchamsali community members led by seer stage rasta roko at Hirebagewadi

Lingayat Panchamsali community on Tuesday were on their way to lay siege to Suvarna Vidhana Soudha demanding 2A reservation for the community.

Belagavi: On Thursday, members of the Lingayat Panchamsali community, led by Basav Jaymritunjay Swamiji of Panchamsali Peetha Kudalsangam, staged a rasta roko protest against the lathi charge meted to them at the toll plaza on the Pune-Bengaluru national highway at Hirebagewadi.

Police lathi-charged members of the Lingayat Panchamsali community on Tuesday while they were on their way to lay siege to Suvarna Vidhana Soudha demanding 2A reservation for the community.

In protest against the lathi-charge, community members staged a sit-in protest on the national highway and stopped traffic movement.

Police detained community members later.