Hopes up as Siddaramaiah bats for Kambala, seeks Centre's favourable stand


Bengaluru, Jan 23 (PTI): With the clamour growing for organising 'Kambala', a traditional annual buffalo race, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah today said his government was in favour of holding it and asked the Centre to take a favourable stand as it did for jallikattu in Tamil Nadu.

"We are in favour of Kambala, we are for Kambala. We pressurise the Union government to take a stand in favour of this (Kambala), similar to the way in which it favoured jallikattu in Tamil Nadu," he told reporters here.

To a question on large-scale protests planned by Kambala committees, he said "....they are protesting for Kambala, we are also in favour of Kambala."

Spurred by the jallikattu stir in Tamil Nadu, Kambala Committees had met in Mangaluru yesterday to strategise their agitation, where it was decided to hold a massive protest on January 28 in Moodbidri in Dakshina Kannada district.

Symbolic Kambala, a traditional annual buffalo race in the marshy fields in coastal districts of the state, is also likely to be held as a mark of protest.

Karnataka High Court's division bench, headed by Chief Justice S K Mukherjee, in an interim order in November 2016 had stayed holding of Kambala on a petition by PETA challenging it in view of orders passed by the Supreme Court on jallikattu.

Kambala Committees have filed an interim application, seeking vacation of the stay.

The matter came up on Friday before the division bench of the High Court, which adjourned the case to January 30.

Calling Kambala a folk festival with over a thousand-year history, BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa said it has an emotional connect with the people.

"Ban on Kambala is an after effect, on the basis of the ban on Tamil Nadu's Jallikattu. The matter is coming before the High Court on January 30, I'm hopeful that we will get justice and there will be no need for any agitation..." he said.

Hoping that the Centre would take a favourable stand for getting approval for Kampala, he said, "The state government should also approach the Centre, and for no reason should Kambala be stopped..."

Support for the folk sport has gained momentum in the social media also.

  

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  • J.F.D SOUZA, ATTAVAR, MANGALORE

    Tue, Jan 24 2017

    Our CM Siddu should not showing his batting skill, let him show all rounders play in this Kambala Game.

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  • perchu, pervaje

    Tue, Jan 24 2017

    only press meet is not enough, pass the bill in assembly then tell you are in favour of kambala. we know it very well that you are active only in front of media. how the tamilnadu govt taken the action. your govt should also take the same action.

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  • J.F.D SOUZA, Mangalore. Attavar

    Tue, Jan 24 2017

    When compared to Jallikattu our traditional sport Kambla is not so cruel . Though the buffaloes are beaten up during the racing process the buffaloes are taken taken good care of by the owner. So the banning Kambala order be restored.

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Suratkal/M'lore/Bahrain

    Mon, Jan 23 2017

    Don't give up for traditions to anyone for any reason, Jai ho Kambala!!

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Mon, Jan 23 2017

    Beating with whip is cruel and should be avoided ...

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  • Oliver, permude

    Tue, Jan 24 2017

    When ploughing the land in rural India small time farmers do hit the buffalo, u have to hit the animal, u jus can't tell the animal to do the ploughing.
    Moreover almost 10-15 lakhs per year are spent to maintain a pair of Kambala buffaloes.
    I support it as we have this tradition since hundreds of years.
    These so called animal lovers (PETA) want jus publicity, if not try and stop Derby, jockeys hit the horses too, why don't these guy's take care of the stray animals which die in thousands everyday on the highways of our country, in fact these stray animals even cause accidents where many humans get injured or die.

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  • Anand, Karkala

    Mon, Jan 23 2017

    Should we need a wake up call to set the things right?

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  • Anand, Karkala

    Mon, Jan 23 2017

    Should we need a wake up call to set the things right?

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