Some get provoked when advised that women and men are equal, says Govindan

Communist Celebration of India (Marxist) State secretary M.V. Govindan has mentioned that some folks appear to be getting agitated upon being advised that women and men are equal in public house.

“It isn’t a communist slogan. It was raised within the French Revolution,” he mentioned, in a veiled reply to Sunni chief Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliar’s objection to Muslim women and men intermingling whereas doing group workout routines. He was inaugurating the Ernakulam district meet of the CPI(M) right here on Saturday.

“I have no idea how you can discuss with folks, who nonetheless refuse to simply accept that women and men are equal. I’m not naming anybody or any group. I’m referring to society typically,” he mentioned.

Caste hierarchy

He accused the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) of utilizing Sanatana Dharma as a software to advocate a brand new Structure grounded in caste hierarchy. The BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) are attempting to have a Structure based mostly on the caste-based Chaturvarnya system propagated by the Manusmriti. Their goal is to make sure that these opposing such amendments, together with the Left events, are sidelined from the mainstream, he mentioned.