Mangalore : The Budakattu people under the banner of Karnataka Aranya Moola Budakattugal Okkuta staged state wide protest in front of DC Office on December 17, Monday demanding their rights on the land.

Addressing the protestors, Siddi Community leader Ramnath Siddi said that the Buddakattu communities are living in the forest from many years, hence they must not be evicted from the land and land they reside must be given to them.
He also said that the community who had given the application for the agricultural land as per the Forest Act of 2006 must be considered.

When B Nagraj Shetty was the district in charge minister in 2007, a total of 76 beneficiaries got the land, but the rest 350 application submitted are kept pending.

He also urged the concerned authorities to investigate the mystery death of Mahadev Babu Siddi of Beeragadde in Uttara Kannada district and Madavu Geetha Koraga of Puttur in Dakshina Kannada.
The memorandum in this regard was submitted to DC N Prakash.

Union president Vice president M Sundar, convener Sanjeeva Kodikal and district committee president Shashikala were present.