http://www.hindu.com/2010/08/14/stories/2010081452250300.htm
Karnataka - Bijapur Dalits take out procession, stage dharna in Bijapur Staff Correspondent IN PROTEST:Members of Karnataka Rajya Dalit Sangharsh Samiti staging a dharna in Bijapur on Friday. Bijapur: Members of the Bijapur district unit of the Karnataka Rajya Dalit Sangharsh Samiti staged a dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office here on Friday urging the authorities to fulfil their various demands, including a hostel for all eligible Dalit students in the district. The agitators took out a procession from Gandhi Chowk through the main streets of the city to the Deputy Commissioner's office. They raised slogans against the State Government and Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa for not fulfilling their demands even after their repeated pleas. The agitators demanded that the authorities concerned should take steps to construct new hostel buildings in the district depending on the increasing strength of Dalit students and provide them with necessary facilities. The loans taken by Dalits from the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Development Corporation should be waived and all backlog posts be filled in the State, they said. The other demands of the agitators include providing permanent below poverty line cards to all Dalits in the district, construction of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Bhavans in all Assembly constituencies, municipality limits, city municipal council areas, town panchayats and gram panchayats and handing over the illegal mining issue to the Central Bureau of Investigation. The agitators submitted a memorandum to Governor H.R. Bhardwaj through Deputy Commissioner S.S. Pattanshetty. The agitation was led by district convener Suresh Mannur, Harish Natikar, Ravut Talakeri and Kamesh Bhajantri.
