Made Snana is an inhuman practice

BANGALORE: Criticizing Higher Education Minister VS Acharya’s statement that ‘Made Snana’ is one’s own wish, writer K Marula Siddappa said, “Let him practise the inhuman ritual  himself.” Speaking after the inauguration of International Human Rights day and distribution of Manavatha awards organised by Nidumamidi Mutt and Manava Dharma Peeta, he said that the state has to take strong decisions against blind beliefs . Veerabhadra Channamalla Swamiji of Nidumamidi Mata said, “We should stop ‘Made Snana’, carrying night soil and other inhuman practices in the state. Speaking on the occasion High Court Justice L Narayanaswamy said that employing dalits in such instances is a violation of human rights.