Maadigas demand amended quota

chitradurga: the maadiga meesalathi horata samithi on monday staged a dharna here demanding, among other things, reservation based on strength and representation in the state cabinet. samithi leaders b.p. prakash murthy, g. sharanappa, h. kumar and c. kumarappa painted a gloomy picture of neglect by the political leadership in the state, due to which they are a forgotten lot.the leaders demanded that before filling up backlog posts, the state government should announce an amended reservation policy. `sn's message should reach all': both the autobiography of s. nijalingappa and research done on him should be studied with keen interest by not only students, but also politicians, minister for forests k.h. ranganath said here on monday. presiding over the function at which senior janata dal leader ramakrishna hegde released nijalingappa ondu adhyayana written by jurist ko.chennabasappa, he dwelled at length on the freedom struggle and also that for ``ekikarna of kannada-speaking areas''. he paid rich tributes to leaders like nijalingappa, h.c. dasappa, t. ramachandrarao, channabasappa, alur venkatarao and urged the younger generation to look up to them for inspiration. hegde announced that the birth anniversary of late nijalingappa would be celebrated in every taluk and district throughout the year for the benefit of the youth. author ko.chennabasappa analysed the vision of pandit nehru on socialistic and secular democracy. former mp h. hanumanthappa, former minister p.g.r. sindhia, publisher channabasanna of lohia prakashana were also present.