The principal Opposition BJP is staging dharna in all the district centres of Karnataka on Saturday, December 16, to protest against the episode of a woman being stripped and tied to pole by the relatives of a girl who eloped with the woman’s son in Belagavi district.
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Announcing this in Belagavi on Friday, BJP State President B.Y. Vijayendra said women would participate in large numbers in these protests, which were being taken up to caution the government about the need to strengthen law and order system in the state.