Stephan Kayyar
Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod
Kasargod, May 28: Continuing their demand with the Kerala government to withdraw the order on making Malayalam compulsory in schools, scores of protestors led by Kannada Horata Samiti on Saturday May 27 gheraoed the Kasargod and Manjeshwar taluk offices here.
The protest at Manjeshwar taluk office was inaugurated by Manjeshwar MLA P B Abdul Razak.
Manjeshwar block panchayat president A K M Ashraf, Kerala province Kannada medium teachers' association district president TD Sadadhiv Rao and leaders Srinivas Rao Bakrabail, Sathish Shetty Oddambettu, Saifulla Tangal, parish priest of Kayyar church Fr Vincent D'Souza, advocate V Balakrishna Shetty, Ramachandra Bhat Dharmatadka, Narayana Hegde, Mahesh, Meenaru Balakrishna Shetty, Harishchandra Manjeshwar, Suresh Shetty Parankila and Prasad Rai Kayyar were present.
Prior to the protest, a rally was held from Uppala Kaikamba to the protest venue.
Purushotham Master, Raveesh Tantry Kuntar, S V Bhat, Somashekar, Venkataramana Holla, Keshava Prasad Nanitthilu, S L Bharadwaj and Shivaram Kasargod led the protest at Kasargod taluk office.
The protestors set fire to a copy of the order in order to drive home their point.
Earlier in the week, Kannadigas on Kerala-Karnataka border had gathered in huge numbers and staged a strong protest by blocking the entrance to the DC's office, stalling administrative works for a day.
The Kannada Horata Samiti has decided to observe 'cruelty day' on June 1 in Kasargod district.
On June 8, Kannada Chalavali Okkuta led by Vatal Nagaraj will hold a bandh by blocking the national highway in Kasargod.