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"All instruments of democracy will be used to stop such incidents,” she said commenting on Friday's kidnapping of the daughter of a Kerala MLA and her Muslim male friend from a bus in Mangalore by activists of Sri Ram Sene.
"The state government is not in control of the law and order situation. Talibanisation is happening. There is a clean communal divide where a Hindu girl is prevented from talking to a Muslim boy, it is a very dangerous trend," the Minister said.
"There is a breakdown of law and order in Karnataka and I think we should look at it as a national security problem," she said.
Asked why the Centre was not intervening, Chowdhury said the government is ‘respecting the Centre-state ties’ but nobody should think that it is ‘weak or cannot do anything’.
"We are repeatedly warning the state government that they should take cognizance. When it is necessary we will take a step," the Minister said.
Referring to the recent attack by Sene activists on women in a Mangalore pub, she said the issue should not be diluted by saying that it is only about ‘pub culture’.
"It is a much deeper rot. Today it is a pub, tomorrow if you are sitting in the staircase in front of your house, they will come and slap you. It is fascism, there is an attempt to spread an ideology of hatred in Karnataka, an attempt to bring a communal divide," Chowdhury said.
Slamming the BJP-led regime, she said, "it is fascism supported by a state government that we need to be concerned about."
Chowdhury said she will continue to pressurise the state government along with the civil society.
Voicing apprehension that similar incidents may take place on Valentine's Day, she said, "I have no confidence on the state government. I am watching the situation to see how best to carry this forward. I am still giving a long rope to the state government. I will talk to the Chief Minister and is writing a letter to him".
"We have various instruments of democracy to use when the situation arises," Chowdhury warned.
"We want the state to react, if they don't or cannot or they are helpless then according to situation we will react," Chowdhury said when asked if the Centre can act against Karnataka government based on a report by the WCD Ministry.
"My question is who is Sri Ram Sene. Who has empowered them, what are their funding agencies, why the state government is using no law to curtail this," Chowdhury said.
Asked on reported statement of NCW member Niramala Venkatesh that the Ministry has no power to act against her, she said, "its OK. It is not a battle between Venkatesh and Renuka Chowdhury. Please do not divert from the real issue."
To a question about the BJP taking steps to ‘reward’ Venkatesh, she said, "I cannot comment on a hypothetical situation. If they do they will only expose themselves."
Asked if the Ministry can take action against Venkatesh, she said, "we are entitled to. We will go through the proper procedure and we are not helpless."
She said the WCD Ministry team probing the pub attack have collected all ‘supporting evidence’ and the report will be taken into cognizance.
Denying that she gave a call for a 'pub bharo' movement, she said the issue relates to the individual citizen's constitutional rights.
Asked about BJP leader and TV actress Smriti Irani's comments that she has no knowledge about Indian culture, she said, "poor Smriti must be bothered about her ticket."
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madam minister renuka , take a look at our society as it existed 100 years ago , woman have been empowered to the max by being allowed all opportunity to arise but pub culture is not a achievment , madam renuka you have failed women and children you should resign quickly ......
India is a country without law and order, I really feel sorry for its people. Any one can do anything as no one knows the constitution its a fun in india. Thankfully I escaped this disaster. Good luck guys, may india live like this for ever.
india is famous for culture but now the people are changing to western culture so life style in india are changing very fast .i am in australia i saw women smokers more than men and use of drugs by women and youth and also school children having sex in in parks .to save culture in india women only can save it
Congress is barking and barking, bur what will Congress be able to do when 25% of the Hindus decide that they will agitate against anybody who insult their religion, culture and believes? Let them bark, only Muslims and secular babas will hear them.
Let us destroy the best culture of India and promote the semi-brothal culture. Why then India needs freedom? Why a jawan or police should sacrifice his life for the nation which does not deserve freedom? Why not we ask West to make laws for us? Sonia is sillently promoting the western evils to evangelise the society. She is promoting slowly Raja Shekhara Reddy, Antoni, etc . Knowing this Renuka ,et al are opening their big mouth to sustain their position. Sonia is exploiting the lust for power and money of hindu members to the advantage of her agenda. Already youth lost connection with country. If we will not prevent catching the, then there will not be India. There will be teenage pregnancy, non-commitmed mrriages, no love for parents , teachers, neighbourhood and country. Children will be doing everything in scholos, colleges,cars, and evcen pubs. Homos will prevail. IS THIS CULTURE THE PRVERTED WANTED? I will then have right to delare them untouchable.
Its the bitter truth! these goons of the Ram Sena, cannot sabotage the freedom that every Indian in this country has! The freedom fighters of this country did not lose their lives to give us freedom, to be lost these barbaric, uneducated, hooligan sickos!. If they think they can hijack the freedom of this country they have another thing coming. They will face the wrath of another freedom struggle, that will erase such, right wing, fanatical, religious fundamentalists from this country. Dont push it!
..basic education to his daughter in his home town in Kerala state. This MLA is a careless and shameless parent who used the teen daughter for political publicity purpose instead of protecting her identity.
Madam Renuka, everybody know you since you were one of the workers of Telugu Desham. You are a person of opertunism. Donot use dirty words like Talibanism. Do you know really what Talibanism? Donot imply to peace loving Hindu community. It is shame on your part to talk like that being a "KAMMA" community of Hundus. Atleast shut your dirty mouth for the present.
What Renuka Chaudhary is trying to promote? Sending our sons and daughters to pubs. I think stopping them from going to pubs is good not only for our culture butalso their physical and mental well being. Why a grown and mature woman like Renuka fails to see this and is critical about it? If the interests of women are not at her heart she should resign being minister of women and children.
If freedom to choose is westernization, i support it wholeheartedly. Most of the bunch writing here seems to be on a "take my rights but save my culture" agenda. But what culture can survive if its people live without basic rights?There is no question Karnataka is being Talibanized, because here some people dont see harm in using violence to enforce their views on others. It is the same philosophy that the Taliban works on. Suppressing the freedom of adults to choose , by a blatant use of violence is indeed a bad sign. To condone it is worse
What a sad sad state of affairs when commentators here on Indian Express can't see the difference between supporting the frigging Constitution and the party of their choice. Listen folks, this Sri Rama Sene is a bunch of goons. They need to be stopped, period. The sheer fact is that the state government has done nothing except given them bail. You don't have to be western or modern or any crap to understand this; India is a free country dammit, we need to stand up to bullies.
Renuka Chowdhury should concentrate some productive and serious matters.A nod needs to be done for the development of child and woman in India.Instead of protecting the right of some alcholic educated girl visiting pub in Banglore please visit any house hold in a poor locality in any city or village of India one can find enough serious and burning topice which would need Renuka Ji attention.WCD Minister could follow Rahul Gandhi and visit the huts behing her banglow and talk to the women and children intheir local language and she would get the mission statement for her Ministry.May be during her next term it may be helpful for her to put energies for the welfare of the women and children who need her protection instead of cribing about hand ful of aristocratic ladies dancing in five star pubs and blowing their money while the majority of poor ladies working as migrant workers in big citied have to sleep on the payment exposing themshelves to all kind of exploitation,GOOD MORNING
I dont understand why news channels are such a big issue of valentine's day saying it's day of lovers. They should understand that it's a media hyped day.Before 1994 no one used to knwo what it was. Now it has become a festival for young people where they can party around drugging and misbehaving with innocent girls by proposing them. It's not our culture and we need not react to this .One advice to ram sena is instead of targeting individuals they should target the cable TV culture which is the main culprit.
It seems that most of the contributors are politically motivated and have lost sense of justice and intelligence. Abusing a lady does not say much about their up bringing or sensibility. If beating up of women is not work of talibans then is it Hindutva? This is exactly how Pak Mullahs started and the result is there for everyone to see. Renuka is 100% right when she says it is Talibanism. These Hinu mllahas will destroy our nation and make another Pakistan. Why do the people of India have to bring party politics in to the situations that are break down of law and order? One can only wish India well and hope certain religious bigotory parties don't destroy the nation.
Renuka, how about Hindu boys taking muslim girls? What do you have to say when the mullahs and mobs send death threats? You think because Hindus usually respond in civilized manner and don't strike back as a mob, they are an easy target? You think you don't require the majority to vote for you. Since when is it fine for girls among muslims and other groups to run around with boys of other religions? So why should we Hindus? Is that what girls in your family do? With the onset of internet and cell phones, parents have lost general control on what children are doing. Do girls in the middle eastern cultures stay at the pubs late into the evenings? We are not talking about veiling our kids! Will the boys convert to Hinduism? So why should only the girls have to convert to Islam? Is destroying our Indian culture the main aim of your Congress Party? Pub culture is progress
Renukaji should undertake a tour to Pakistan/Afganistan to know Taliban better before criticising any state government of opposition parties in india.It would not take more than twenty four hours for her to change her views after visiting the region under Talibani's influence.
Poor renuka is unnecessarily getting worked up at what happened in Mangalore. Already, there were a few attacks on Churches there (anti-conversion agitation) and now against pub culture (pro-decency movement). Now, the culprits for July 08 attack have been identified and charged in court. These are enough reasons for rogues like Renuka to bring down the Govt in State. I won't be surprised if the UPA attempts any such rash move soon, so Mr.yeddi please watch out for these jokers and square them up nicely before they act. Strike at the snake before it rears the head !What Renuka forgets is that Delhi and UP are the worst in maintaining law
Congress is trembling as even ordinary citizens have understood their game of dividing the country as minority and majority only to create conflicts and conspiracies to enjoy power. Such politicians are only traitors of the country. I agree with the views of a person who commented as " 'Talibanization' actually perfectly suts the present congress/UPA govt. which has declared madarassa education equivalent to higher secondary education across the country! The students with lot of efforts study through physics, chemistry, biology, maths and commerce etc. have been just put at par with the those coming from the madarassa schools after their religious education. It is nothing if some social workers attacjed the anti-national pub-goers, compared to what the congress is doing destroying the educational system by comparing higher secondary education to madarassa education only to please the minority community GANESH
Renuka Can do that !If renuka likes the ways girls are doing in pub she can do that. She can go to pariement in Miniskirt and net top.Its up Renuka. or Renuka can wear the same type cloths in fornt of her kids and can have bear with her kids. Good Society. She can do She is free
What incident happened in Mangalore by Ramasene not acceptable to right thinking people,but rogue lady like Madam Renuka compared the incident to talibanization and strong warning to elected govt at Karnataka also a game plan to retain her position in UPA and Political zimiks.No concern over any body on the Pub.If her daughter/son are doing the same ,will she accept?What hapened in GOA,Is she given the same warning and criticism.It is nothing but opportunism.Madam use right to criticize anybody before ur house is clean.
By the way, who is this Ram sene?? If these goons have guts, let them go
"Government is ‘respecting the Centre-state ties’ but nobody should think that it is ‘weak or cannot do anything’ " seems to be a maxim crammed by the leaders of the ruling party. Be it the innocent people being charred in orissa, bhaiyya episode in mumbai, or the very recent mangalore pub incident the cliche appears everywhere when a ruling party member speaks on the issue. What needs to be done at such instances is known to everybody but we choose to stay mum. May be its just a political comment by respected renuka ji to score some brownie points but we by being tolerant to such acts are just giving refuge to such elements which to me doesnt augurs well.
Renuka ji just shut-up. Congress has been raping the country and society for such a long time where were you then and this unsocial incidence you name Talibanisation---SHAME ON YOU.I think you are more worried about your ticket as compared to Smriti Irani.
Why Renuka is not asking MADRASAS to allow muslim women in madrasa school.
The use of 'Talibanization' actually perfectly suts the present congress/UPA govt. which has declared madarassa education equivalent to higher secondary education across the country! The students with lot of efforts study through physics, chemistry, biology, maths and commerce etc. have been just put at par with the those coming from the madarassa schools after their religious education. It is nothing if some social workers attacjed the anti-national pub-goers, compared to what the congress is doing destroying the educational system by comparing higher secondary education to madarassa education only to please the minority community, dirty vote bank politics. Renuka Chaudhary should enquire with Mulla Arjun Singh what is he doing with the education system in the country? Talibanization or Indianization??