Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Sep 6: To mark the first anniversary of veteran journalist, Gauri Lankesh's death, Gauri Memorial Trust and Gauri Lankesh Balaga had organized protest on Wednesday September 5, culminating a week of protests, in the city.
Leaders who took part in the protest said that M M Kalburgi, Dabholkar and several other progressive thinkers were also assassinated in similar fashion. They called upon the concerned to bring logical end to all these cases at the earliest.
Gujarat MLA, Jignesh Mevani, addressing the protesters, said that the voices of people who fight for the rights of Dalits and tribals are being silenced with impunity. He accused the forces of branding social activists and progressive thinkers as urban naxals.
Swami Agnivesh accused the central government of indulging in protecting only the interests of big industrialists. He said that the government is indulging in misleading the people by doling out false promises.