Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah shown black flags by Madiga Samiti over reservation; 5 members detained

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah was on Saturday shown black flags by few people in Gulbarga district of the state.

The Chief Minister was addressing a speech when he was shown black flags by people belonging to the Madiga Dandora Horata Samiti, ANI reported.

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah shown black flags in Gulbarga by Madiga Dandora Horata Samiti demanding special quota under reservation,5 detained pic.twitter.com/xGDMC1wYc8 — ANI (@ANI_news) May 27, 2017

Activists of Madiga Dandora, a Dalit organisation, have been demanding internal reservation for Scheduled Castes (Scs), have in past staged several protests against the government.

The activists have several times complaint of atrocities on Dalits and have been demanding the Chief Minister to drop Shivaraj Tangadagi, Minister of State for Minor Irrigation and Koppal district-incharge.   

Meanwhile, at least five Madiga Dandora activists have been taken into custody by the state police.