TV9 News : KRV Protest Against Karnataka Government in Belgaum Session..! Follow us on : DAILYMOTON: http://www.dailymotion.com/TV9KannadaNews YOUTUBE : http://www.youtube.com/user/tv9kannadanews FACEBOOK : https://www.facebook.com/Tv9Karnatakanews TWITTER : https://twitter.com/tv9kannada PINTEREST : http://pinterest.com/tv9karnataka Kannadigas here are being treated as orphans and the Karnataka government is also acting in favour of pro-Maharashtrians, alleged Kannada leaders of Belgaum. Leaders of various Kannada organizations told reporters here on Tuesday some recent incidents in the city clearly show how the government has supporting pro-Maharashtrians."Whenever Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) plans any protest on a certain issue, the government always acts with a negative approach. But the same officials issued permission to Maharashtra Ekikaran Samiti (MES) to conduct its Maha Melava", they added. Former mayor Siddangouda Patil pointed out that MES activists took out a rally with saffron flags on their two-wheelers and shouted anti-Karnataka slogans on various streets in the city on the day of Maha Melava. He alleged that the police were blind to all such provocative gestures and did not initiate any action against them. "The police considered the agitation and activists of KRV 'illegal' and arrested the KRV activists," he said. Another leader Ashok Chandargi alleged that the present and the present and the previous government have always favoured the MES. He alleged that Kannadigas are being treated as second class citizen in the state. Chandargi accused Belgaum South MLA Sambhajirao Patil of delivering a hate speech targeting Kannadigas and Karnataka government in Melava on Monday. "Through his speech was provoking and he had used unparliamentary words, the government has not initiated any action him", he said. KRV leader Mahadev Talwar demanded that the government initiate action against MLA Patil by cancelling his Assembly membership. He said the pro-Maharashtrians, who have been availing all the benefits in Karnataka, shout slogans like 'Rahenge to Maharashtra m Mai Ya Phir Jail Mai' (Either Resides in Maharashtra or In Jail). The Kannada leaders also accused a Marathi daily of allegedly targeting Kannadigas and termed MLA Patil as 'puppet' of that Marathi daily.

• published: 28 Jan 2014
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