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CPI(M) demands end to practice of Pankti Bheda


Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, May 05, 2014: The Communist Party of India (Marxist)  has demanded immediate steps to ban the practice of Pankti Bheda  in Udupi Sri Krishna Mutt. The party workers also staged a protest in front of the DC office on May 5, Monday condemning the practice.

cpim protest 1

 

cpim protest 2

 

CPI(M) leaders KR Sriyan and  Vasanth Achari who addressed the agitators described as inhuman the recent incident reported from the Sri Krishna Mutt wherein a woman belonging to the Bunt community was not served food but was asked to walk out solely for the reason  for being a non-Brahmin.

 Several CPI(M) workers took part in the protest.