Karnataka Assembly Panel backs board on entry of all caste members to temples

The setting up of boards was one of the recommendations to tackle caste-based discrimination made by the committee

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The legislature committee on SC/ST Welfare has asked the state government to install a board outside all Muzrai temples that people of all castes will be allowed to visit the shrines.

This was one of the recommendations to tackle caste-based discrimination made by the committee in its report that was tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday. The committee is headed by BJP MLA M P Kumaraswamy.

The committee also recommended frequent visits to sensitive villages by police personnel. Expressing concern over the increase in the number of atrocities against SC/ST communities in the state, the committee opined that such attacks are humiliating to the government.