Remarks on Ambedkar: Bus services hit by bandh in Mysuru, shops closed
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Remarks on Ambedkar: Bus services hit by bandh in Mysuru, shops closed

The Hindu  

City bus services were hit while shops and business establishments in the Central Business District of Mysuru remained closed on January 7 in response to a call for a bandh given by Dalit and backward classes organisations in protest against Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks against Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. Activists of various Dalit organisations and Karnataka State Backward Classes’ Awareness Forum gathered near the suburban bus stand with an effigy of Mr Amit Shah and shouted slogans against him. Congress leaders, led by Mysuru district Congress president B. J. Vijaykumar, took out a march through the D. Devaraj Urs Road to protest against the Union Minister’s remarks. KSRTC officials were waiting for clearance from the police to resume operations that were suspended around 9 a.m. Karnataka State Backward Classes’ Awareness Forum president Shivaram said the bandh called against Amit Shah’s alleged remarks against the Constitution had received a good response.

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