CNC to Stage Peaceful Satyagraha Tomorrow

Madikeri, June 1: The Kodava National Council will hold a peaceful satyagraha in Madikeri on June 3, demanding that the ‘Special Intensive Revision’ (SIR) be strictly implemented to cancel the identity cards of illegal voters, the electoral rights of the indigenous Kodavas should be protected, and a separate code and column should be provided for Kodavas in the 2027 census and the national caste census, CNC President N.U. Nachappa said.

In a press release, he said that they will hold a satyagraha in front of the District Collector’s office at 10.30 am and submit a petition to the President, Prime Minister, Home Minister, Census Commissioner and Chief Electoral Officer through the district administration.

Kodava land is facing a major demographic shift due to the inclusion of people with dubious citizenship in the voter list. These illegal voter ID cards are the root cause of the distortion of the political existence of the Kodava people.

Therefore, a booth-level ‘Special Intensive Revision’ should be conducted in Kodagu district to physically verify every voter. All illegal voters who fail to submit pre-1971 Indus citizenship/ancestral documents related to the soil of Kodava land should be immediately removed from the list. Strict criminal legal action should be taken against the officials and middlemen who helped in including illegal voters, they have demanded.

The cancellation of names of indigenous Kodava people should be prevented and their legality should be confirmed. Due to the lack of migration, employment and land records, there is an increased possibility of genuine Kodava names being removed from the list during the revision of the voter list. A ‘Special Kodava Verification Cell’ should be established under the Chief Electoral Officer of Karnataka. This cell should identify genuine Kodava voters on the basis of genealogy, family-lineage, house-footage, clan records and community verification. No Kodava voter’s name should be removed from the list for any reason without allowing proper physical verification and interrogation

A separate code and column should be created for Kodava in the 2027 Census. Kodava is a distinct indigenous mono-ethnic group and is not a sub-caste of any other group. A separate code and column should be given to the “Kodava” community in the upcoming 2027 National Census and National Caste Census. The Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India have invited Dr. M.A. Kalam's research paper and historical census records from 1871-72 to 1931 should be considered as evidence.

As per the Public Interest Litigation filed by Dr. Subramanian Swamy before the Karnataka High Court, the Kodavas should be recognized as an "indigenous tribal community" and given geo-political autonomy and self-governance.

The 'Tok Sanskar and the Right to Arms', which are an integral part of the religious practice of the Kodavas under Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution, should be considered as essential religious practices.

The ancestral lands of the Kodavas should be protected under the United Nations' Indigenous Property Rights. A separate parliamentary and assembly constituency should be re-demarcated for the Kodavas on the model of the 'Sangha' of Sikkim. Nachappa said that during the satyagraha, they will demand that the Kodava heritage be included in UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage and the 'Devat Paramb' genocide be included in the United Nations Holocaust Memorial Register.

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