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Offensive skit case: 9 including students arrested in Bangalore

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Bengaluru: Following the objections raised by Dalit organisations and student groups to a skit that allegedly defamed Dr B.R. Ambedkar, the Karnataka Police arrested nine people, including the Principal and seven students of Jain University’s Centre for Management Studies (CMS) here.
Dr. Dinesh Nilkant, the Principal from Jain (Deemed-to-be) University and seven students pursuing fifth-semester in BBA course and the controversial event’s programme co-ordinator have been arrested, according to police on Tuesday.
The Dalit organisations have given a bandh call for Tuesday in protest.
The controversial skit was played at the campus during the ‘MadAds’ competition of Jain University Youth Fest 8.
After the arrest, the accused were presented before the court and remanded to judicial custody for four days.
The accused were booked under IPC Section 153 A for creating enmity between different groups and SC, ST (Prevention of Atrocities Act). The university issued an unconditional apology for the development and stated that the university does not approve of certain words used against Ambedkar and Dalits.
Karnataka Congress had raised concern over the incident of casteist slur being used in a skit performed during the college fest in Bengaluru. The party on its social media handle stated that a video containing abusive and objectionable content on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Dalit communities is being exhibited in a programme organised at Jain College in Bengaluru. The City Police Commissioner must act in this regard.
“The police should take cognizance of the incident and initiate legal action,” the Congress demanded.

The skit was performed by a group of students ‘The Delroys Boys’, who tendered an unconditional apology for the presentation. However, the debate over the issue is rising.
The incident had come to light after a group of students published an online petition on Jhatkaa.org. 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 normalization 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.
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.
Sources said that the controversial skit was performed at other platforms. The Delroys Boys maintained that they apologize to everyone they have spoken badly about and genuinely they apologize for their mistake.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 14, 2023
Bengaluru casteist skit row: Six Jain University students suspended

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Following the use of casteist slurs against SC/STs and Dr BR Ambedkar in a skit performed by the Jain University Centre for Management Studies students at a college festival, six students have been suspended over the incident.
The suspended students were part of a skit that displayed caste discrimination, insulted India’s constitution writer Dr B R Ambedkar and also took a dig at the reservation system in the country.
#Casteism Jain University Bangaluru insulted Babasaheb. The skit they performed on February 4 showcased a man from a lowered caste background trying to date an upper-caste woman. The makers turned BR Ambedkar into ‘Beer Ambedkar’ and used several other problematic phrases….. pic.twitter.com/Q147vR3k4q
— The Dalit Voice (@ambedkariteIND) February 10, 2023
A number of police complaints we’re registered against the students. Aakshay Bansode, state member Yuva of Vanchit Bahujan Aaghadi filed a complaint in Nanded district of Maharashtra seeking strict action.
“The skit is highly casteist and performed with serious ill motives and to intentionally insult and humiliate the community and people belonging to it. Moreover, the derogatory and defamatory statement about Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar is also highly offensive at large and showcases the intention of the performers and the university authorities as this act went through various checks yet was allowed to perform on stage and publish on social media,” Bansode’s complaint stated.
An FIR against the principal and senior officials of the university has been filed at the Siddapura police station in Jayanagar.
Postgraduate students and research fellows of Bangalore University have also filed a police complaint at the Jnanabharati police station.
Earlier in the day students of NSUI Karnataka and many Dalit organisations protested in front of the Jain college demanding action against those involved in the skit. Police were called to control the protest.
The skit was performed on February 4 by a group called ‘The Delroys Boys’ as part of ‘MadAds,’ a segment at the fest where the participants had to advertise imaginary products along lines of humour.

The students have reportedly tendered an unconditional apology to the college management. However, the issue seems to brew and not settle down. On Thursday evening a group of students published an online petition on Jhatkaa.org bringing the incident to light.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 12, 2023
Casteist slur in Bengaluru college fest skit stirs row

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Bengaluru: The incident of casteist slur made during the presentation of a college skit recently in Bengaluru has triggered a row.
A police complaint has been registered in this connection, while an online petition slamming the organisers is also getting support.
The Delroys Boys’, the group of students performing the skit, has tendered an unconditional apology for the presentation. However, the debate over the issue is rising every day.
The incident came to light after a group of students published an online petition on Jhatkaa.org on Thursday evening. The petition stated that the college contingent from Jain University’s Centre for Management Studies (CMS) staged an incredibly casteist and insensitive skit at a college fest.
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.
‘The Delroys Boys’, the theatre group from CMS, who are in the thick of the 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’. It also used the phrase, ‘Why be Dalit, when you can be D-Lit’.
Akshay Bansode, member of the Vanchit Bahujan Yuva Aghadi, has filed a police complaint in Maharashtra in this matter. The complainant urged the police to treat the complaint as an FIR and initiate action against the performers and the university.
Sources said that the controversial skit was performed at other platforms as well. The ‘Delroys Boys’ maintained that they are sorry if they spoke ill about some people and apologised for their ‘mistake’.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

February 10, 2023