Karnataka Bandh: BSY meets pro-Kannada activists
Team Udayavani, Feb 13, 2020, 2:21 PM IST
Bengaluru: Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa met pro-Kannada activists who have called for Karnataka bandh on Thursday.
The activists submitted a memorandum to Yediyurappa and urged him to implement Sarojini Mahishi report in the state.
The bandh call was given by some pro-Kannada organisations to demand implementation of a report which recommended job reservation to Kannadigas had little effect on a normal life in Bengaluru and other parts of the state on Thursday.
Barring a stray incident of stone pelting at a bus in Dakshina Kannada district, the bandh was peaceful in the morning hours.
Heavy deployment of policemen has been made at important locations to check untoward incidents.
Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa had appealed to the pro-Kannada organisations to keep their agitation peaceful. He said his government always stood for Kannada and Kannadigas and initiated measures to implement the Sarojini Mahishi report.
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