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Repeal and savings. * * * * STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS Act 30 of 2000.- Koragas who belong to primitive tribes of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts are illiterate and superstitious. Using service of Koragas for Ajalu Practice exists in certain parts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts. Ajalu practice includes differentiating between Koragas and persons belonging to other communities, treating them as inferior human beings, mixing hair, nails or any other inedible or abnoxious substance in the food and asking them to eat that food and to make them to run like buffaloes before the begining of Kambala. These practices amount to exploitation of Koragas and treating them as slaves and thus offends human dignity. Refusal to practice Ajalu voluntarily may render the life of Koragas extremely difficult. Therefore, it is considered necessary to bring a suitable legislation to prohibit Ajalu practice and make it punishable under law. Hence the Bill. (Obtained from L.A. Bill No. 18 of 2000) * * * * 2 KARNATAKA ACT NO. 30 OF 2000 (First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extraordinary on the thirteenth day of December 2000) THE KARNATAKA KORAGAS (PROHIBITION OF AJALU PRACTICE) ACT, 2000 (Received the assent of the Governor on the tenth day of December, 2000) An Act to provide for the prevention of using the services of Koragas for Ajalu practice in some parts of the State of Karnataka. WHEREAS using services of Koragas for Ajalu practice exists in certain parts of the State of Karnataka specially in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts; AND WHEREAS such practice amounts to exploitation of Koragas and treating them as slaves and which offends human dignity; AND WHEREAS it is expedient to put an end to such practice; BE it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the fifty first year of the Republic of India, as follows:-