Udupi: Oscar Fernandes Tries to Persuade Lawyers to Call Off Protest


Udupi: Oscar Fernandes Tries to Persuade Lawyers to Call Off Protest 
News and Pics from Hemanath Padubidri

For Daijiworld Media Network—Udupi (RD/CN)

Udupi, Aug 17: The agitation by city lawyers was in its seventh day on Sunday, August 17,   which is also the third day of their relay hunger strike. The lawyers are protesting against the state administration, seeking justice for the assault on their colleagues by personnel of the anti–naxal force (ANF) at Srimane Falls, Sringeri, on Saturday, August 9.







The agitating lawyers had a verbal feud with municipal officers who arrived at the court premises, the venue of the protest on Sunday, to remove the banners put up by the protestors. However, the situation calmed down after Mattar Ratnakar Hegde, president, district bar association, and senior police officers arrived on the spot.

Oscar Fernandes, union minister of state for labour and employment, and Raghupathy Bhat, MLA, visited the lawyers and offered assurances of quick action, asking them to give up their strike. However, the agitating lawyers refused to call off their protest until they got the copies of the suspension letters of the guilty. 

Sunil Mathew, one among the agitating lawyers on relay hunger strike, was admitted to Hi – Tech Hospital, Sunday evening, after complaining of exhaustion.

  

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  • Alfred J. Rebello, Kundapur/Dubai

    Mon, Aug 18 2008

    If these lawyers found miss-behaving with the villagers then Government should not support them. If these lawyers boycot the court, then there are many lawyers to take their place. I hope these lawyers know the law is also applicable to them.

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  • Peter Noronha, Mangalore

    Sun, Aug 17 2008

    I fail to understand what exactly are the demands of lawyers and why they are putting general public to inconvenience? All news reports coming from Kigga tells that lawyers were drunk and misbehaving with villagers who complained to police. And most puzzling is why are Oscar and Ragupathy Bhat even consoling these lawyers? Don't they have anything better to do than go for photo opportunity with people who behaved in a vulgar manner?

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