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Bengaluru, Feb 11 Karnataka Congress on Saturday raised concern over use of casteist slur in a skit performed at a college fest here."There is a video containing abusive and objectionable content on Dr B.R. Ambedkar and Dalit communities being exhibited in a programme organised at Jain college in Bengaluru," it stated in its social media handle.Demanding an action by the City Police Commissioner and Bengaluru police in this regard, the party said, "The police should take cognisance of the incident and initiate legal action."The incident during a college skit recently in Bengaluru has triggered a row with a police complaint being registered.'The Delroys Boys', who performed the skit, have tendered an unconditional apology for the same. However, the debate over the issue is gaining traction.On Thursday evening a group of students published an online petition on Jhatkaa.org bringing the incident to light. The petition stated the college contingent from Jain University's Centre for Management Studies (CMS) staged an incredibly casteist and insensitive skit at the event.The anonymous petitioners objected to the normalisation of caste discrimination in the pretext of humour. The skit was performed as part of 'MadAds,' a segment at the fest where the participants had to advertise imaginary products along lines of humour.'The Delroys Boys', the theatre group from CMS, who are in the thick of controversy, in their skit, exhibited a man belonging to the lower caste attempting to date an upper caste woman. The skit turned B.R. Ambedkar as Beer Ambedkar. The phase of why be Dalit, when you can be D-Lit.Akshay Bansode, State Member of the Vanchit Bahujan Yuva Aghadi has filed a police complaint in Maharashtra under provisions of the Atrocity Act and IPC. The complainant had urged the police to treat the complaint as FIR and initiate action against the performers and University.The complainant had urged the police to treat the complaint as an FIR and initiate action against the performers and University.Sources explain that the controversial skit was performed at other platforms. The Delroys Boys maintained that they apologise to everyone they have spoken badly about.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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Politics :Casteist slur in college fest: K'taka Cong raises concern, urges for action

Bengaluru, Feb 11 Karnataka Congress on Saturday raised concern over use of casteist slur in a skit performed ... ...