New Delhi: Taking a cue from the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, the Shri Ram sena is getting ready to disrupt Valentine's day celebrations in Karnataka.
The Ram Sena is calling Valentines Day, ‘anti-Indian culture' and has warned people of attacks if they try to celebrate it.
Meanwhile Ram Sena chief Pramod Muthalik who is now out on conditional bail says he will send a memorandum on this to the Chief Minister and the governor
“We will ban the Valentine’s Day. We will not take law in our hand we will give a memorandum to govt. of Karnataka. This is a western culture which we will not allow to survive here. Everyday is lover's day, but we will not allow this on Valentine's day,” says Muthalik.
The warning has been extended to educational institutions, restaurants and shops selling gifts and greetings.
And there's more. There are hoardings put up by the residents themselves of Srinagar's karan nagar area, they are the posters that threatens people with dire consequences if found mixing with the opposite sex.
“I have come to know about this poster and that is exactly what I had said. This is talibanisation of women. It a security threat and it should be viewed like that,” says minister of Women and child development, Renuka Chaudhary.
Ironically, all this in a country where the judiciary is actually in favor of public affection. The Delhi High Court has recently pulled up the local police for slapping an obscenity case against a married couple who were allegedly kissing outside a court.
“It is inconceivable how an expression of love by a young married couple would attract offence of obscenity and trigger the coercive process of law,” says Justice Muralidhar.
The commissioner of Delhi police also agrees that moral policing is not in their list of duties.
“It’s not our job to do moral policing, to pick up couples, this is not what we do.,” says Delhi Police commissioner, Y S Dhadwal
But it’s going to take a lot more than legal action to stop the moral brigade.
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