VCK calls for State-wide protest demanding ban on Manusmriti
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Controversy erupts over Thirumavalavan’s remarks on girls.
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) founder and Chidambaram MP Thol. Thirumavalavan has referred to as a State-wide protest on Saturday to induce the State and Central governments to ban the Hindu non secular textual content, Manusmriti, on the grounds that it demeans girls, the backward castes and indigenous teams, and spreads hatred towards them.
The Dravidar Kazhagam, the Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam and the May 17 motion have pledged help to the protest.
In a press release, Mr. Thirumavalavan mentioned the Manusmriti, believed to have been written virtually 2,000 years in the past, speaks sick of the working class, as an entire, instigates violence towards them and justifies their homicide. “It portrays women in a bad light. It states that a particular ‘varna’ or caste does not have the right to live. This is why Ambedkar burnt the Manusmriti in 1927 and exposed its inhumanity in many of his books,” he mentioned.
Mr. Thirumavalavan mentioned the Manusmriti misplaced its place as legislation of the land after the British took over India and created a legislation that thought of everybody equal. “The Sanatana forces that are in power today are again trying to reorganise power structures according to the Manusmriti. This is why violence against women is growing in India. This is why the question on whether India is being governed according to the Constitution… or the Manusmriti is being raised,” he mentioned.
An issue over Mr. Thirumavalavan’s feedback in a specch erupted after the protest was introduced. A video of the speech, at a web-based convention organised final month by the European Union Periyar Ambedkar Comrades’ Federation, on the subject “Periyar and Indian Politics”, went viral. In the clip, he states, “As per Hindu Dharma, all women are created by God as prostitutes. They are prostitutes as per Hindu Dharma…Manu Dharma. The status of all women is less than that of a man.”
Actor Kushboo Sundar of the BJP condemned Mr. Thirumavalavan’s assertion and demanded that he show his declare that the Manusmriti says “women are prostitutes”. Asked whether or not she had learn the Manusmriti, Ms. Kushboo mentioned there was “not a single word that demeans women”.
The Cyber Crime Wing of the CCB booked a case on Friday towards Mr. Thirumavalavan based mostly on a web based criticism from Ashwathaman, a BJP functionary.
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