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R-Day protest against casteist tradition; Thousands attempt to gherao Krishna Temple

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January 26, 2012

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Udupi, January 26: People in Srikrishna Temple, through the caste based discrimination while serving mass meal have been trying prove that they were above the Constitution, said State Secretary of CPI (M) Srirama Reddy.

He was addressing the agitators here on Thursday, at a protest organized by Karnataka state unit of CPI (M), to launch its statewide protest against 'Pankthi-bedha' in 250 temples of the state, including Sri Krishna Temple, Udupi.

Over 3,000 members of communist party of India (Marxist) from Udupi, DK, Koppala, Raichore, Bellary, Shimoga, Chikmagalore and Uttara Kannada districts participated in the protest. They made an attempt to march towards the Car Street of Srikrishna temple by pushing the barricades put along the Sanskrit College circle and courted arrest.

Reddy said that Indian Constitution, accepted exactly 63 years ago propagates against social inequality, untouchability and caste based discrimination. Inspite of that this discriminatory act is being practiced in Srikrishna Temple. “People in Srikrishna Mutt are anti-constitutional”, he alleged.

He challenged the Pejawar Pontiff Vishwesha Theertha to stop merely making media statements against Pankthibedha and to eliminate the system if he really felt it was inhuman.

Members of the CPI (M) State Secretariat GN Nagaraj, Nithyanand Swamy, CPI (M) Dakshina Kannada secretary B. Madhava, its Udupi district Secretary K. Shankar, comrades KR Sriyan, Prasanna Kumar, Neela and others participated in the protest.

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