CNC’s 53-Hour Codava Satyagraha Ends With Memorandum Submission to MLA Ponnanna
- Kodagu Express Bureau
- May 15
- 2 min read
Madikeri: The 53-hour-long Codava Satyagraha organised by the Codava National Council (CNC) concluded at the Codava Mandh in Madikeri on Wednesday after Virajpet MLA and Legal Advisor to Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, A. S. Ponnanna, received a memorandum from the organisation.
According to a press release issued by CNC chairman N.U. Nachappa, the agitation, which began on May 12 as a 48-hour day-and-night protest, extended to 53 hours before concluding on May 14 afternoon.
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The organisation said the protest received support from legal experts and members of the Codava community. High Court advocate Kieran Narayan, who is assisting former Union Minister Subramanian Swamy in public interest litigations filed in the Karnataka High Court along with CNC, visited the protest venue along with advocate Kushaagra and expressed solidarity with the movement. Dr. Swamy also reportedly spoke to Nachappa over phone and conveyed his wishes for the peaceful agitation, according to a release.
CNC reiterated its long-standing demands for geo-political autonomy, self-rule, Scheduled Tribe classification for the indigenous Codava community, and special political representation in Parliament and the Assembly. The organisation urged the government to create an exclusive electoral constituency for Codavas during the delimitation exercise without altering the traditional boundaries of Codava habitation. As an alternative, it sought the creation of an exclusive intangible constituency on the lines of the Sangha constituency in Sikkim.
The organisation also demanded a separate code and column for “Animistic Codavas” in the 2027 national population census.
Speaking on the occasion, Nachappa said Codavas are “neither a caste nor a religion” but an “animistic ethnic community” and argued that a separate census category was necessary to determine their constitutional rights.
The memorandum submitted to Ponnanna was addressed to the President of India, Prime Minister, and Chief Election Commissioner, with copies marked to several Union and State leaders. CNC requested the MLA to place the demands before constitutional authorities. Ajjinikanda Mahesh Nachaiah, President of the Karnataka Kodava Sahitya Academy was also present.
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