Members of the Ballari district committee of the Dalit Sangharsh Samiti (Ambedkar Vaada) staged a protest in Ballari on Friday demanding withdrawal of textbooks revised by the Rohith Chakrathirtha-headed committee, continuance of the old syllabus and fulfilment of various demands.
In the memorandum submitted to the district administration, Durgappa Talwar, State committee member, and H. Husenappa, district convener, urged the government to withdraw the revised textbooks and distribute the textbooks revised by the Baraguru Ramachandrappa committee.
The samiti members said that the Special Component Plan (SCP) and Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) funds allocated for students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes should be utilised for the specific communities and should not be diverted.
