This comes at a time when the issue has gained support from senior Opposition leaders, including BSP's Mayawati and Sharad Pawar of NCP (SP).
The civil society leaders have in a second letter on December 22 urged the Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress former presidents Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi to take up the issue in the upcoming Congress meet in Belagavi.
This story is from the December 25, 2024 edition of The New Indian Express Mysuru.
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