Five years ago, a protest was held in front of the house of the then Education Minister Suresh Kumar. Considering this, today the police of Basaveshwaranagar Police Station have come to Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha leader Vatal Nagaraj ‘s house to arrest him.
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Senior Kannada activist and former MLA Vatal Nagaraj was arrested by the Basaveshwaranagar police from his residence in Dollar’s Colony amidst high drama on Wednesday.
This was following a warrant issued by the 42nd Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate court in connection with a case over a protest dating back to 2021. “I had sat on a protest in front of then Education Minister S. Suresh Kumar, demanding that all SSLC students be passed that year without exams, due to the pandemic. I was even wearing a mask. Police filed an FIR against me for that protest and it has dragged on till now. Despite Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s assurance on November 1, 2025 that all cases against Kannada activists will be withdrawn, this case is proof that it is not yet the case,” Mr. Nagaraj told The Hindu.
Published – April 08, 2026 09:44 pm IST
