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Convention planned

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/KANNUR: A national convention would be held at Payyannur on March 12 in support of Chithralekha, a Dalit woman whose autorickshaw was set ablaze allegedly by local CITU-CPI(M) activists and who is allegedly being intimidated by CITU, INTUC and BMS workers, a meeting held here on Saturday under the aegis of certain activist groups and academics and chaired by B.R.P. Bhaskar, decided.

It also decided to hold an organising committee meeting in Kozhikode on February 21 and conduct a vehicle jatha by women in Payyannur to create awareness about the issues.

Meanwhile, the Payyannur Autorickshaw Drivers’ Coordination Committee, with representation from the CITU, the INTUC and the BMS, said it would welcome any inquiry into the alleged incidents.

Its leaders led by U.V. Ramachandran told the media in Kannur they would extend all help to Chithralekha if she wanted to ply her vehicle.

But the committee had decided to bar her husband from operating his autorickshaw at Payyannur for a period as an informal ‘punishment’ for drunk driving, they said.

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