Mangalore: Rajyotsava Ruckus - FIR Lodged on 46 SFI Members
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (VM)
Mangalore, Nov 2: The SFI activists who gate-crashed into Nehru Maidan during Rajyotsava celebrations amidst tight security here on Thursday November 1, have been booked by the police.
FIR has been lodged against 46 SFI members including minor students.
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The protestors barged in as soon as district incharge minister C T Ravi began his speech. They were protesting against the report by Prof Govinda of New Delhi recommending the closure of thousands of Kannada medium schools in the state.
Sources said that the 46 activists including minor students were put behind bars for more than two hours.
Child welfare committee president Asha Nayak too intervened in the matter and spoke to the police.
Reacting to their protest, Asha Nayak said that SFI students have all right to protest against the violation of rights in this democratic country. "I don’t think the students protested so as to disrupt the programme," she said.
It may be recalled that SFI activists had called a press meet on October 29, where they urged the government not to close Kannada medum schools and to reject Prof Govinda’s report which recommends closuse of 12,740 government Kannada medium schools.
In response to the protest, DYFI district president Munir Katipalla said that it is wrong to tag the protestors with criminal offense for raising their voice against the closure of Kannada schools. "This shows the fascist attitude of the administration. The government should soon cancel any plan of closing Kannada schools," he said.