Fight breaks out between Dalit groups at grievances redressal meeting

September 14, 2011

Udupi, September 14: Division among the Dalit groups in Udupi districts came to fore when two rival groups took two opposite stands on the presence of media persons at the district level Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes grievances redressal meeting, convened by the Deputy Commissioner here on Wednesday.

This is the first time in last four years a DC in Udupi convened the SC/ST redressal meeting.

At the beginning of the meet, DC M T Reju, instructed the media persons to keep away from the grievances meet, as it is a purely official meet and not a public meet.

At this juncture, Jayan Malpe, District Convener of Karnataka Dalit Sangharsha Samithi, supported by DSS (Ambedkar-Vaad), DSS (Prof. Krishnappa founded), and Samatha Sainik Dal opposed the DC's decision to keep out the media from the meet.

As Uday Kumar Tallur of DSS (Bheem-Vaad) opposed Jayan's stand and opposed the presence of the media, the meet plunged into turmoil.

DC said that the meeting was convened in the wake of the allegations that SC/ST grievance meet was not called for long. It was organised to solve some of the issues concerning Dalits, which remained unnoticed and unsolved.

He said that five Dalit representatives had only been invited from each of the Dalit organisations to the meet.

Out of the six Dalit groups present at the grievance meet all had their own argument between themselves over various issues. Argument by Uday Tallur that government employees belonging to Dalit communities cannot attend the grievances meet, added fuel to the rage as Jayan was an employee of a nationalized bank.

Dalit leader Narayana Manur demanded justification from the DC.

As the war of words continued SP and other police officials intervened. Mr Reju adjourned the meet due to the presence of the media and warring Dalit groups.

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Nati koli saaru, fry, idli, vada and pongal on Siddaramaiah’s breakfast menu at DKS’ residence

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December 2,2025

Bengaluru: 'Nati koli saaru' (country chicken curry) considered one of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s favourites along with steaming hot idlis was on the breakfast menu at Deputy CM D K Shivakumar’s residence on Tuesday, according to official sources.

The spread also included 'nati koli' fry, vada and pongal, among other items, they said.

In an apparent show of unity, Siddaramaiah visited Shivakumar’s residence for breakfast, just days after the two leaders shared a meal amid a simmering power tussle in the state Congress.

Siddaramaiah drove to the Deputy CM’s residence in Sadashivanagar, where he was received by Shivakumar and his brother D K Suresh, who is a former Congress MP.

Suresh and Kunigal MLA H D Ranganath, a relative of Shivakumar, joined them for breakfast, which featured a mix of vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes.

Speaking to reporters later, Siddaramaiah said Shivakumar had invited him during his visit to the CM’s residence for breakfast on Saturday.

Asked about the difference between the two meals, the chief minister said, "At his (Shivakumar’s) house it was non-veg, while at my house it was veg. He is a vegetarian, I am a non-vegetarian. I had not prepared non-veg. I told DK to get chicken from the village as you won’t get the original in Bengaluru."

Shivakumar said he had initially invited Siddaramaiah to his residence, but the CM had suggested visiting his place first and reciprocating later. "It was a vegetarian breakfast at the CM’s house on Saturday," he noted.

"Today, I invited him (the CM) to my house. He enjoyed the breakfast, which had his Mysuru taste," Shivakumar added. At this point, Siddaramaiah remarked that Shivakumar’s wife is also from Mysuru.

Saturday’s breakfast at Siddaramaiah’s official residence, held as part of efforts by the Congress high command to ease tensions in the leadership dispute between the two, reportedly included idlis and sambar, according to official sources.

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