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Rajkumar memorial: horata samithi to lay siege to Chief Minister’s residence on Monday

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BANGALORE: The Dr. Rajkumar Smaraka Nirmana Horata Samithi has planned to lay a siege to the residence of the Chief Minister on Monday in protest against the delay in taking up the work on promised memorial for the late thespian. The Kannada Sahitya Parishat has endorsed the demand of the samithi and said it will extend support to all kinds of peaceful agitation to be taken up by the samithi in this regard.

Speaking to reporters here on Thursday, samithi honorary president R. Mariswamy said the demands included naming Rajajinagar Assembly constituency by Dr. Rajkumar; declaring government holiday on Dr. Rajkumar’s birthday (April 24) and celebrating Dr. Rajkumar Jayanthi as a State festival; withdrawal of the cases foisted on Dr. Rajkumar’s fans during his funeral procession and government employment for a family member of the six persons killed in the police firing the same day.

On Monday, the samithi members and fans of the late actor would take out a procession from Dr. Rajkumar’s Samadhi in Kanteerava Studios to the Chief Minister’s residence before laying the siege.

Sahitya parishat president Chandrashekhara Patil said the promise made by the Government on the construction of the monument has not transformed into a reality. More than an actor, Dr. Rajkumar relentlessly fought for the cause of Kannada and the people of the State, he said. As such, the parishat will extend support to a peaceful agitation demanding a monument for the late thespian. While the parishat has always been in the forefront to agitate whenever there was injustice to the language and people, not a single issue concerned with the language had been sorted out without there being an agitation, he said.

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