Protests erupts in Bengaluru amid row over Amul’s entry

Several workers of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike were detained by police in Bengaluru during a protest organised by them over Amul’s entry into the state.
The Karnataka Rakshana Vedike workers protested amid heavy sloganeering and were seen destroying Amul-made products.
Amul had recently announced that it will sell dairy products in Bengaluru, following which the opposition Congress and the JD(U) expressed their protest.
Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who is in the national capital, called out Congress and JD(S) for doing politics over the Amul issue at the elections.
“Nandini is a very good brand of our state…Congress and JD(S) doing politics at the time of elections,” said Bommai.
Earlier in the day, Congress Karnataka chief D K Shivakumar visited a Nandini Milk parlour in the Hassan amid the ongoing charges and counter-charges between the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress and JD(S) over Amul’s announcement of foraying into the Karnataka market.
Shivakumar expressed support for Karnataka’s homegrown milk brand Nandini, which he claimed was better than that of the Gujarat-based dairy cooperative Amul.
He was seen buying and consuming Nandini products.
“We already have Nandini, which is a better brand than Amul… We don’t need any Amul. Our water, our milk, and our soil are strong,” Shivakumar told Media.
“In Karnataka, it’s a question of our farmers rights. More than 70 lakh farmers produce milk and give it to Nandini. Gujarat’s amul is also grown by farmers. But it’s not right to push Amul forward and Nandini back.