Protest against actor in Dharwad condemned

Theater personalities, writers and activists have condemned the attempt by some Hindutva activists to gherao actor-activist Prakash Raj in Dharwad on Sunday.

Samudaya Theater Group is a community cultural organization that has been organizing several movements across the country for the past 50 years. A memorial event was organized in Dharwad on Sunday, the organization said in a press release.

Retired Justices Nagmohan Das and Prakash Raj have been invited to address the valedictory function, he added.

However, some Hindutva activists disrupted the event. They staged a protest outside the event hall against Prakash Raj. They raised slogans like ‘Prakash Raj Go Back’, the report said.

As the program began, the group entered the hall with the intention of creating a ruckus. After the event, a group tore up banners outside the hall and tried to smear Prakash Raj’s portrait with black paint. This shows their fascist tendencies, he said.

What’s more, MLA Arvind Bellad approached the city police on behalf of the protesters and urged the officers to register a case against Samuday instead, the report said.

He also said that inquilab zindabad is an anti-national slogan. It is highly reprehensible. Samudaya condemns such anti-democratic attacks and demands that those who attacked the government and those who instigated the attack be identified and appropriate action be taken against them, the report said.

Reception Committee President Agrahara Krishnamurthy, Samudaya General Secretary Manoj Vamanjoor and others including LN Mukundaraj, H. Janardhan, K. Marula Siddappa, L. Hanumanthaiah, SG Siddaramaiah, Vasundhara Bhupathi, N. Gayatri, K. Neela, JakaraKV, Mavalagerajahan Murthy signed the release.

Published – 31 Aug 2026 20:05 IST