Prohibition against free spech and freedom of movement is only going to increase the level of hatred in TN

by Rishi Sun Dec 23, 2012 3:04 pm

MADURAI: District collector Anshul Mishra has issued a show cause notice to Pattali Makkal Katchi founder S Ramadoss asking why he should not be prohibited from entering the district under Section 144 CrPC.

The collector as the district magistrate has also asked him to appear in person and respond to the notice. In the notice issued on Saturday, Mishra has charged that Ramadoss, during his visit to Madurai on December 20, made inflammatory speeches that threatened to incite violence and disturb peace in the district. "If he fails to appear in person and show cause for not invoking Section 144 CrPC on him, he would be prohibited from entering Madurai district for two months,'' Mishra told TOI.

The collector's order has come as a dampener to Ramadoss's attempts to mobilize non-dalit communities in the state on a common platform, the platform being their allergy to inter-caste marriages, mainly involving dalits. Meetings were organized in Madurai and Coimbatore earlier this week to stitch an alliance of like-minded caste outfits, which political analysts perceive to be a precursor to the PMK leader exploring a political coalition of backward caste groups. This is the first time a state government functionary has taken note of the anti-dalit edge in Ramadoss's speech and demanded explanation. Dalit groups as well as outfits like Periyar Dravida Kazhagam have been protesting outside venues where Ramadoss has held meetings. Ramadoss has been playing up the vanniyar card ever since violence broke out over a vanniyar-dalit marriage in Natham in Dharmapuri district. He and other PMK leaders had alleged that dalit boys were luring vanniyar girls into marriage with an eye on their wealth.

Ramadoss reiterated the same charges during his visit to Madurai. Undeterred by the criticism from DMK, communist parties, VCK and dalit groups and rights activists, he was vocal about his opposition to inter-caste marriages and even alleged that dalit boys were sexually harassing non-dalit girls. During the Madurai meeting, Ramadoss also floated an umbrella organization of various intermediate caste groups and demanded amendments to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, alleging that the Act was being misused by dalits.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/PMK-chief-in-trouble-over-speeches/articleshow/17725691.cms

Will it be OK for Dr. Ramadoss if vanniyar boys were luring vanniyar girls into marriage with an eye on their wealth?