Vattal Nagraj, president of Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha, led members in a symbolic public auction of Karnataka's MPs in Bengaluru on 27 August 2026, alleging the legislators had not raised their voices in Parliament even once. (Photo: NationPress)
Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha alleged that Karnataka's Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha representatives had not spoken in Parliament for a single day — a claim that prompted the group's symbolic auction demonstration on 27 August 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
The group staged a symbolic public auction of elected representatives as a form of protest theatre, holding up placards naming Karnataka's MPs and questioning their parliamentary participation, according to reports from Bengaluru on 27 August 2026. (Photo: NationPress)
Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha, a Kannada pro-state organisation, targeted both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka in its 27 August 2026 demonstration in Bengaluru, demanding greater parliamentary engagement from the state's elected representatives. (Photo: NationPress)