Amendment of Art 371 demanded

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 16:48 [IST]

Gulbarga, Feb 27 (UNI) A massive procession was taken out by the Hyderabad-Karnataka Horatta Samithi here today, demanding that the Government mount pressure on the Centre to amend Article 371 of the Constitution to accord special status to the backward region.

Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly N Dharam Singh and several other political leaders took part in the programme.

Later addressing the gathering, Mr Singh advised the Chief Minister to take immediate steps to amend Article 371 and take the Opposition into confidence.

Samithi President Vyjanath Patil threatened to intensify the stir by staging demonstrations in every district of the region if the Government did not take steps to amend Article 371.

UNI

Topics: AGITATION-KARNATAKA-DEMONSTRATION

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