Kannada groups resolve to make bandh a success

Kannada groups resolve to make bandh a success

Deccan Herald

Bandh to protest Centre's stand on border dispute



GETTING READY: Kannada Chaluvali leader Vatal Nagaraj, MLA, addressing a meeting of representatives of various Kannada organisations in Bangalore on Friday. — Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy

Bangalore: Representatives of various Kannada organisations met here on Friday to reaffirm their resolve to make a success of the October 4 Karnataka bandh called to protest against the Centre's decision to change its affidavit in the Supreme Court on the Maharashtra Government's writ petition demanding the merger of Belgaum and other Marathi-speaking areas with that State.

Kannada Chaluvali leaders Vatal Nagaraj, MLA, and K. Prabhakara Reddy, former MLA; Chandrashekar Patil, president, Kannada Sahitya Parishat; H.S. Doreswamy, freedom fighter; S.R. Govindu, president, Akhila Karnataka Rajkumar Fans Association; Shivakumar, president, Kannada Rakshana Vedike; Kodihosalli Ramanna, journalist; C.V. Shivashankar, film producer; and Gurudev Rajkumar of the Kannada Chaluvali Kendra Samiti participated in the people.

Mr. Nagaraj urged the people to "show their might against the unjust and unfair decisions of the union government," which were affecting the interests of the state

Taking objection to the role played by Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil in the decision to change the affidavit, Mr. Nagaraj demanded that MPs and Union Ministers from the State should seek his resignation.

Mr. Nagaraj and Mr. Patil condemned Higher Education Minister D.H. Shankaramurthy for his remarks about Tipu Sultan and demanded his dismissal from the Ministry.

KFCC support

The Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) has decided to suspend all its activities on October 4 to support the bandh.

Briefing presspersons here on Thursday, KFCC president H.D. Gangaraj said the film industry was always ready to join hands with Kannada organisations for the cause of the State. He made this announcement after holding a meeting with office-bearers of the Kannada Film Producers Association, the Karnataka Film Directors Association, the Kannada Film Artistes and Technicians Association, the Karnataka Chalanachitra Karmikara Okkuta, the Karnataka Film Exhibitors Association and the Distributors Association.

The meeting decided to declare a holiday for all cinema-related activities on October 4.

Karnataka Television Association president B. Suresh said his association would also support the bandh. Kannada groups resolve to make bandh a success

Staff Reporter

Bandh to protest Centre's stand on border dispute



GETTING READY: Kannada Chaluvali leader Vatal Nagaraj, MLA, addressing a meeting of representatives of various Kannada organisations in Bangalore on Friday. — Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy

Bangalore: Representatives of various Kannada organisations met here on Friday to reaffirm their resolve to make a success of the October 4 Karnataka bandh called to protest against the Centre's decision to change its affidavit in the Supreme Court on the Maharashtra Government's writ petition demanding the merger of Belgaum and other Marathi-speaking areas with that State.

Kannada Chaluvali leaders Vatal Nagaraj, MLA, and K. Prabhakara Reddy, former MLA; Chandrashekar Patil, president, Kannada Sahitya Parishat; H.S. Doreswamy, freedom fighter; S.R. Govindu, president, Akhila Karnataka Rajkumar Fans Association; Shivakumar, president, Kannada Rakshana Vedike; Kodihosalli Ramanna, journalist; C.V. Shivashankar, film producer; and Gurudev Rajkumar of the Kannada Chaluvali Kendra Samiti participated in the people.

Mr. Nagaraj urged the people to "show their might against the unjust and unfair decisions of the union government," which were affecting the interests of the state

Taking objection to the role played by Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil in the decision to change the affidavit, Mr. Nagaraj demanded that MPs and Union Ministers from the State should seek his resignation.

Mr. Nagaraj and Mr. Patil condemned Higher Education Minister D.H. Shankaramurthy for his remarks about Tipu Sultan and demanded his dismissal from the Ministry.

KFCC support

The Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) has decided to suspend all its activities on October 4 to support the bandh.

Briefing presspersons here on Thursday, KFCC president H.D. Gangaraj said the film industry was always ready to join hands with Kannada organisations for the cause of the State. He made this announcement after holding a meeting with office-bearers of the Kannada Film Producers Association, the Karnataka Film Directors Association, the Kannada Film Artistes and Technicians Association, the Karnataka Chalanachitra Karmikara Okkuta, the Karnataka Film Exhibitors Association and the Distributors Association.

The meeting decided to declare a holiday for all cinema-related activities on October 4.

Karnataka Television Association president B. Suresh said his association would also support the bandh.