Kasaragod, Jan 1: Tension prevailed at Chettukuunu in Kasaragod district during the participation of women in the 620-km long Kerala state sponsored ''Women's Wall'' campaign to uphold gender equality and renaissance values.
Reports reaching here said, a group of alleged BJP/RSS workers had pelted stones on the women volunteers who were arriving at the place to line up for the wall besides setting on fire the vegetation alongside the railway track, making it impossible for them to line up in the wall.
The workers hurled stones at the women and policemen, injuring three personnel, police said. Police fired in the air and burst teargas shells to disperse the workers.
The incident occurred just as the human wall initiative was coming to a close Tuesday evening.
Media personnel of two television channels were also attacked by the saffron activists, who reportedly forced them to delete the visuals of the incident.
The highway at this 500 metre stretch is parrelel and close to the Railway line and the thick fumes spread all over forced the wall break up at this area.
Lakhs of women from various walks of life on Tuesday participated in the 620-km long state sponsored ''Women's Wall'' campaign to uphold gender equality and renaissance values.
The "Women's wall" was conceived in the backdrop of frenzied protests witnessed in the hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa at Sabarimala after the CPI(M)-led LDF government decided to implement the Supreme Court verdict, allowing all women to pray at the Ayyappa shrine.
With the Kerala Minister for Health K K Shylaja standing first led the chain here.
In Kannur, the bastion of CPI(M), heavy turnout of women was witnessed from even the interior villages, to form part of the "Women's Wall".
The enthusiasm was overwhelming in Kozhikode with women from the various parts of the district and also from the neighbouring district of Wayanad, lined up to make Women's Wall stretch out upto Iykkarapadi, its border with Malappuram, covering a distance of 79 kilometers.
Welcoming the move Dr Arathi Krishna told coastaldigst.com that Indians stranded in any foreign country can utilize this facility. "Initially, I was approached by Mr Zakaria and Mr Sheik who wanted chartered flights to help their employees fly back to India. I asked them to write to the Indian Ambassador in Saudi Araia Mr Ausaf Sayeed. Then I requested the ambassador to forward the request to Joint Secretary Dr Nagendra Prasad, who is in charge of gulf division in the Ministry of External Affairs, and then to Secretary on charge of Gulf and then I requested Secretary of Economic Relations Mr T S Tirumurti who was also in charge of Gulf to follow this up," she said.
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These RSS Desi terrorist's only goal is distruction and murder. People had enough of these good for nothing losers. In 2019 people will show them the door.
This is the nature and teaching of sangh parivar terrorists. Arrersts them under goonda act and unbailable warrant and kick out them to Andaman island for minimum of 10 years jail. They are creating trobule all over india due to support by bjp and sangh parivar. This terroist organisation should be banned immediately. Police should arrest them on the charge of attemp to kill innocent women and disturbing police from performing duty.
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