Panchamasalis stage protests in Belagavi, Bagalkot districts

Members of the Zilla Panchamasali Samaj staged protests in some districts on Thursday, against the lathi-charge on Panchamasali Reservation Agitation Committee members during a protest in Belagavi on Tuesday.

Members gathered at the Shivayogi Circle in Athani. They blocked the road for a few minutes by forming a human chain.

They said that the State government has violated human rights by lathi-charging the protestors. This is unbecoming of a democratically elected government. The Chief Minister and other Ministers and officers who are responsible for this should be ashamed, they said.