Seers demand implementation of anti superstition bill

Bengaluru: Likeminded seers, intellectuals and social activists gathered at Freedom Park in Bengaluru and staged a protest demanding the implementation of anti superstition bill and various other social discriminations.  More than 150 seers of various mutts of Karnataka took part in the protest headed by Pragathipara Matadeeshara Vedike which will go on till Wednesday November 19. The other demands of the seers include banning discriminatory practices such as Made Snana, Pankti Bheda and customs observed in some communities against women.

Veerabhadra Chennamalla Swami, the head of Nidumamidi Mutt, Kolar, said “Even after the courts showing displeasure over Made Snana, people are promoting this practice. It is wrong to believe that people will become clean from all sins by practising it. The government should have introduced the law against superstition last year itself.”

K Marulasiddappa, K Allama Prabhu Bettadur, C S Dwarakanath and N. Prabha along with Activists of the Karnataka Jnana Vijnana Samiti, Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (Samatavada) and Pourakarmika unions expressed their support to the protest.