A Backward Classes Awareness forum has demanded an investigation into alleged protocol violations during Mysuru Dasara, including the reported exclusion of Dalit ministers, MLAs and MLCs from the Nandi Dwaja puja ritual attended by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
The forum held a protest in Mysuru and alleged that government communications related to the celebrations did not include the photograph of district minister Yathindra Siddaramaiah. The omission was reportedly noticed in government advertisements and other communications linked to the event.
Forum convener KS Shivaramu alleged that Dalit ministers and other elected representatives were stopped from accompanying the chief minister during the Nandi Dwaja puja. He called for an investigation into the role of a senior police officer who allegedly prevented the representatives from joining the ritual.
The forum also alleged that Yathindra Siddaramaiah was sidelined during the Dasara celebrations. The group said the sequence of events raised questions about whether the minister had been deliberately excluded from official visibility during the state’s prominent cultural festival. These claims were made at the protest and have not been independently established in the supplied report.
Shivaramu further alleged that Vajra Musti Kalaga was cancelled for the first time during private Dasara celebrations. He claimed that the cancellation was part of an attempt to bring disrepute to Yathindra Siddaramaiah. The report did not specify the administrative reason given for the cancellation or identify the authority responsible for the decision.
The allegations place government protocol, official communication and participation by elected representatives at the centre of the dispute. The Nandi Dwaja puja is a prominent ritual associated with Mysuru Dasara, and the forum’s demand focuses on whether representatives were treated according to established protocol during the ceremony.
The controversy also concerns how government advertisements and event-related communications represent public officials. The forum has specifically questioned why Yathindra Siddaramaiah’s photograph was absent from such material and whether the omission was accidental or deliberate. No response from the state government, the district administration, the police officer named in the allegation or the Dasara organisers was included in the report.
The forum’s demand is for a formal inquiry into the alleged exclusion and the communication decisions surrounding the celebrations. Such an investigation would be required to establish whether protocol was breached, who issued the instructions during the ritual and why the photograph was omitted from government publicity material.
The reported dispute therefore remains at the stage of allegations and a call for official examination. The next significant development will be whether the state government orders the investigation sought by the Backward Classes Awareness forum and whether the authorities issue a response to the claims.
