Rally held in support of Hamsalekha

They demand that cases against Hamsalekha and Chetan be dropped

A group of people took out a rally on Friday in solidarity with music composer-lyricist Hamsalekha, against whom a case has been registered for allegedly “hurting sentiments of the Brahmin community”.

The protestors brought meat dishes and had a shared meal at Freedom Park as a symbolic gesture. It was held by “Samvidhana Samrakshana Samiti”, a coalition of dalit and progressive organisations on the occasion of Constitution Day.

Hamsalekha, at a programme in Mysuru, had said that while ‘upper’ caste person visiting a Dalit’s house was celebrated such as in the case of the late Pejawar Vishveshwara Teertha, the important question was if it would also work in the reverse. He had also rhetorically asked if such visitors would partake the food consumed by Dalits during the visits.