The Janandolana Mahamaitri Jatha launched in Basavakalyan by a federation of various progressive and farmers organisations seeking repeal of amended laws and legal support to Minimum Support Price and guarantee procurement reached Dharwad on Tuesday.
The jatha, which will culminate in Bengaluru, was given a grand welcome at Kadapa Maidan in Dharwad, where various leaders addressed the gathering.
Addressing the gathering, president of Citizens for Democracy and anti-graft crusader S.R. Hiremath said that anti-people, anti-democratic and authoritarian forces have indulged in anti-social and anti-constitutional activities, including poisoning social harmony. These forces are destroying social co-existence, endangering unity and integrity of the nation, instigating communal hatred and violence, he said.
