The Karnataka Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (B. Krishnappa), the Samata Sainik Dal (SSD), and the Bahujan Samaj Party staged a dharna in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office here demanding a ban on made snana at Kukke Subrahmanya temple and other temples in Udupi and Dakshina Kannada districts.
Samata Sainik Dal district unit president Vishwanath Petri said that it was a travesty that after 65 years of Independence people belonging to Dalit, Backward Classes and Minorities were still suffering at the hands of the Government and the priestly class.
Nothing illustrated this better than made snana where people belonging to weaker sections rolled on plantain leaves in which Brahmins had finished their meals.
What was even worse was that the practice was prevailing in the native districts of Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda and Higher Education Minister V.S. Acharya. In a memorandum submitted at the Deputy Commissioner's office following Saturday's dharna, DSS district unit president Ramesh Kotian said “made snana” was inhuman and unscientific and hence it should be abolished by the State Government.
The Kukke Subrahmanya Math swamiji, who had reportedly said that “made snana” was a question of faith or belief and should not be opposed, should be arrested under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Higher Education Minister V.S. Acharya, who was supporting “made snana”, should be dropped from the State Cabinet. Deputy Superintendent of Police Nagaraj who mistreated Mr. Shivaramu at the Kukke Subrahmanya police station should be dismissed from service and legal action initiated against him.
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