Mysuru, March 24 -- Slams Congress Government for appeasement politics, deliberate sidelining of backward class

Strongly opposing the State Government's decision to award 4% of Government contracts to Muslim community, the city and district units of BJP staged a demonstration in front of Mahatma Gandhi's bust near City Law Courts Complex this morning.

The protesters also slammed Assembly Speaker U.T. Khader's decision to suspend 18 BJP MLAs from the Lower House for six months, calling it unconstitutional and undemocratic. They warned of a large-scale protest if the suspension was not revoked immediately. "Reservation in Govt. contracts for Muslims, various benefits, funds and schemes for minority community members, amounts to appeasemen...