<p class="title">CPI (M) politburo member Brinda Karat on Monday said the Sangh Parivar is bent on disrupting this country's unity, diversity and Constitution.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Those bent upon destroying these core strengths of India should be defeated by the people," stressed Brinda while addressing a 'Harmony Convention' organised by Dakshina Kannada unit of CPI(M) at Town Hall in Mangaluru on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Commenting on the hijab ban, Brinda said she was ashamed that girls who are breaking barriers to get educated are being asked to remove their headscarves.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She declared that the High Court's order on banning hijab was 'unfortunate' and said the Supreme Court should redress the issue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She felt that the entire controversy over the hijab was manufactured by the ruling BJP, in order to divert people's attention from its 'failures'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Condemning Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat for making provocative statements over hijab, she asked what action did the government or High Court had initiated against the MLA.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Karat said that girls and their parents should decide and no one should force a girl to wear a veil.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“But, there are some forces within the Muslim community that pressurise girls to wear a scarf. PFI, SDPI forces threaten to boycott them if they do not wear hijab,” she charged.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On the anti-conversion bill, Brinda said if B R Ambedkar was alive today, he would have been jailed by this law.</p>.<p class="bodytext">CPI (M) leader K Neela said the issue of headscarf was an issue of snatching away women's decision of choice. </p>.<p class="bodytext">DYFI state president Muneer Katipalla said that the number of communal incidents in the coastal region had increased.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Most worrying is the civil society's silence over the increasing communal violence," he added.</p>.<p><strong>'The film Kasmir Files does not show reality'</strong></p>.<p>Former MP Brinda Karat later told reporters that the movie ‘The Kashmir Files’ does not reveal the reality of Kashmiriyat.</p>.<p>“Making it a communal issue will not help Kashmiris or anyone. There is no doubt that the chapter of history is a dark chapter. It’s not Kashmiri Pandits alone who suffered at that time. Many Muslims including a former speaker and MLAs were shot dead for fighting terrorists. Thus, to show one side in a way which creates hatred against a whole community does not serve any purpose,” she said.</p>
<p class="title">CPI (M) politburo member Brinda Karat on Monday said the Sangh Parivar is bent on disrupting this country's unity, diversity and Constitution.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Those bent upon destroying these core strengths of India should be defeated by the people," stressed Brinda while addressing a 'Harmony Convention' organised by Dakshina Kannada unit of CPI(M) at Town Hall in Mangaluru on Monday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Commenting on the hijab ban, Brinda said she was ashamed that girls who are breaking barriers to get educated are being asked to remove their headscarves.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She declared that the High Court's order on banning hijab was 'unfortunate' and said the Supreme Court should redress the issue.</p>.<p class="bodytext">She felt that the entire controversy over the hijab was manufactured by the ruling BJP, in order to divert people's attention from its 'failures'.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Condemning Udupi MLA Raghupathi Bhat for making provocative statements over hijab, she asked what action did the government or High Court had initiated against the MLA.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Karat said that girls and their parents should decide and no one should force a girl to wear a veil.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“But, there are some forces within the Muslim community that pressurise girls to wear a scarf. PFI, SDPI forces threaten to boycott them if they do not wear hijab,” she charged.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On the anti-conversion bill, Brinda said if B R Ambedkar was alive today, he would have been jailed by this law.</p>.<p class="bodytext">CPI (M) leader K Neela said the issue of headscarf was an issue of snatching away women's decision of choice. </p>.<p class="bodytext">DYFI state president Muneer Katipalla said that the number of communal incidents in the coastal region had increased.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Most worrying is the civil society's silence over the increasing communal violence," he added.</p>.<p><strong>'The film Kasmir Files does not show reality'</strong></p>.<p>Former MP Brinda Karat later told reporters that the movie ‘The Kashmir Files’ does not reveal the reality of Kashmiriyat.</p>.<p>“Making it a communal issue will not help Kashmiris or anyone. There is no doubt that the chapter of history is a dark chapter. It’s not Kashmiri Pandits alone who suffered at that time. Many Muslims including a former speaker and MLAs were shot dead for fighting terrorists. Thus, to show one side in a way which creates hatred against a whole community does not serve any purpose,” she said.</p>
