Karnataka Bolsters Security Ahead of Multiple August 5 Protests
Home Minister G Parameshwara said the government beefed up police deployments, transferred anti-Naxal personnel to the anti-narcotics task force, prepared for rival rallies alongside KSRTC demonstrations, with reservation reforms set to follow a new Scheduled Caste survey report.
Overview
- The government has deployed additional police across Karnataka and issued detailed security directives to manage August 5 demonstrations.
- Congress’s vote-theft rally led by Rahul Gandhi at Freedom Park is set to be met by a BJP counter-protest at Vidhana Soudha.
- State-wide demonstrations by Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation employees will add labor unrest to the day’s planned actions.
- The Anti-Narcotic Task Force has been reinforced with personnel transferred from the Anti-Naxal Force after authorities declared the state free of Naxal threats.
- The Justice Nagamohan Das Commission submitted its statewide Scheduled Caste survey report on August 4, clearing the way for forthcoming internal reservation reforms.