The protest was launched on Monday and led by Sharanagouda, president of the youth wing of JD(S), after he alleged harassment by the police against a group of JD(S) workers.
Janata Dal (Secular) leader Sharanagouda Kandakur ended a three-day protest by party workers in Yadgir on Thursday against alleged police harassment. The protest was launched on Monday and led by Sharanagouda, president of the youth wing of JD(S) after he alleged harassment by the police against a group of JD(S) workers. "The police assaulted JD(S) workers and we are protesting against them to take action against the officer. Ever since the case against me, I am also constantly harassed by police who ask where I am staying and what I am doing," Sharanagouda told TNM. A group of JD(S) workers gathered outside the Yadgir Town Police Station on Monday to stage the protest. The workers also launched a hunger strike on Tuesday. The strike was supported by former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda who was present at the protest site on Wednesday. Even though Section 144 was imposed by the authorities on Tuesday, the strike continued with JD(S) supporters moving the protest location away from the police station. Sharanagouda and four others continued to protest outside the police station since Section 144 prohibits unlawful assembly of five or more people. However, Sharanagouda decided to withdraw the protest on Thursday. "Upon Deve Gowda's request to withdraw the protest, we have decided to give some time to the police and the government. If no action is taken on the police officer, we will launch a protest outside Chief Minister Yediyurappa's residence," he said. The strike was launched weeks after an FIR was registered against Sharanagouda along with other JD(S) workers, in connection with a protest held in Yadgir during Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa's visit. Four JD(S) workers were arrested in connection with the incident and Sharanagouda says that police assaulted these workers during interrogation. The protesters were charged with rioting and unlawful assembly among other charges for the protest held on October 5, when CM Yediyurappa was in Yadgir to check the progress of flood rehabilitation works in the district. Sharanagouda was not at the protest site but he was accused of instigating JD(S) workers and organising the protest. Sharanagouda is the son of Gurmitkal's JD(S) MLA Nagangouda Kandkur. He vaulted into the public limelight in February this year when he leaked an audio clip purportedly revealing the then Leader of Opposition BS Yediyurappa's attempts to convince him to shift loyalties from the JD(S) and pledge support to the BJP. At the time, Sharanagouda was a JD(S) worker. Following the audio leak, he was given the responsibility of leading the party's youth wing as its president. Sharanagouda has since alleged that he is being targeted by the BJP government for his role in the audio leak incident.
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