Micro minority community of Codavas demands security for actress Rashmika Mandana

In Karnataka, the national crush Rashmika Mandana, the Coorg-born actress belonging to the micro-minority, Codavas has today become the rallying point for this community that sees a threat to her from a Congress MLA for refusing to attend the Bengaluru International Film festival recently as symbolic of the oppression of the majority Kannada community let loose on them.

- LAKSHMANA VENKAT KUCHI

NU Nachappa, Chairperson of the Codava National Council, on Monday urged the state government to provide adequate security to Rashmika Mandana, a proud Coorgi from the Codava community who made it very big on the national film circuit and was the pride of the Kodava community, because of the threat she now faces from the Congress party MLA and other le