<p>Members of Dalit organisations locked the Mini Vidhana Soudha on Friday, in protest against the razing of huts belonging to Dalits on the premises. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The tense situation that followed forced the police forces to provide heavy security to the Soudha.<br /><br />Members of the Jaya Karnataka, taluk unit, took out a procession demanding rehabilitation of the Dalits who lost their homes. <br /><br />They also urged a quick completion of public-related work at the Nemmadi Kendra and submitted a memorandum to H Nanjaiah, the tahsildar.<br /><br />Various Dalit organisation members, accompanied by the Dalits who lost residence, then walked till the Mini Vidhana Soudha and locked the building.<br /><br />They insisted that they had received the title deeds during the tenure of former legislator R Venkataramaiah, asking if the deeds given to them on behalf of the government were fake. <br /><br />They also questioned the mutation as part of the land acquisition process that declared the site of their huts as part of the State sewage area.<br /></p>
<p>Members of Dalit organisations locked the Mini Vidhana Soudha on Friday, in protest against the razing of huts belonging to Dalits on the premises. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The tense situation that followed forced the police forces to provide heavy security to the Soudha.<br /><br />Members of the Jaya Karnataka, taluk unit, took out a procession demanding rehabilitation of the Dalits who lost their homes. <br /><br />They also urged a quick completion of public-related work at the Nemmadi Kendra and submitted a memorandum to H Nanjaiah, the tahsildar.<br /><br />Various Dalit organisation members, accompanied by the Dalits who lost residence, then walked till the Mini Vidhana Soudha and locked the building.<br /><br />They insisted that they had received the title deeds during the tenure of former legislator R Venkataramaiah, asking if the deeds given to them on behalf of the government were fake. <br /><br />They also questioned the mutation as part of the land acquisition process that declared the site of their huts as part of the State sewage area.<br /></p>