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CPI(M) condemns violence

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NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India(Marxist) on Saturday strongly condemned the violence against the daughter of a Kerala CPI(M) MLA in Mangalore and demanded that the Karnataka government be forced to act.

The violence included abduction from a public bus, confinement, beating, humiliation and threats. A Muslim, who is a brother of her classmate, who was travelling in the same bus, was also targeted. It was the agenda of the sangh parivar and the Hindutva brigade targeting minorities and women’s rights “in the name of culture which has spawned such criminal elements. They act with impunity because of the patronage if not connivance of the BJP-led government of Karnataka,” the Polit Bureau said in a statement.

It said the State government not only refused to book such elements and proscribe their organisation under the Prevention of Unlawful Activities Act in spite of repeated attacks but also provided justification for their criminal acts as in the case of the assault on young women in a Mangalore pub. The Karnataka government must be forced to act. The Centre was duty-bound to ensure that women and minorities were protected in Karnataka.

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