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Bangalore, Jan 29: "Even Lord Sri Rama will be ashamed to know the act carried out by Sri Rama Sene. If they (Sene) is concerned about women, let them build toilets in rural areas, where women till today have to wait for sunset to answer Nature's call...'' was the reaction of Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha president and former MLA Vatal Nagaraj, on the attack on women in a pub in Mangalore on Saturday.

Like him, there are no takers for Sene's hooliganism. The list of those disapproving the Sene act is growing. And now, pro-Kannada organizations have joined this category to totally condemn the incident, and most have termed it "barbaric''.

Most vocal was Vatal, who held a protest in the city on Wednesday to condemn the incident. "It is inhuman. Not even animals will indulge in such barbaric behaviour. Our culture respects women. I am afraid that if the government fails to put the brakes, we will surely head towards Talibalization. The situation may arise where citizens have to take permission from SRS to conduct weddings...''

Joining the chorus, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) state president T A Narayana Gowda said, "I want to know why they attacked women in the name of culture and tradition. If they (Sene) feel girls were indulging in `obscene' acts, there are various forums to take up the issue,'' he maintained.

Dismissing allegations that KRV was involved in a few attacks on late-night parties in Magadi and a star hotel in Bangalore, Gowda said the Vedike would not encourage such acts. "These (parties) are purely personal issues.''

Jai Karnataka, another pro-Kannada organization, came down heavily on the attack. "If the pub-going culture is wrong, the girls' parents will question them. Who are these people to attack women?" founder-president N Muthappa Rai said.

Manjunath Deva and Kannada Somu, Kannada Jagruti Vedike's president and general secretary, echoed similar views.

Former MLA and general secretary of Vishwa Kannadigara Vedike P S Prakash also expressed anguish. "We respect and love our culture and tradition. But beating women in public is not acceptable.'' 

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