Communalisation comes in for condemnation

Exploitation of minor girls by people under the pretext of 8220;protecting women8221; irrespective of any religious faith by religious fundamentalists should be penalised, according to the organisation.

quot;Appropriating women under the garb of religion8221;, according to them,is equally unpardonable.

The statement signed by Trupti Shah and others have questioned the propriety of fundamentalists who foment communalism under the garb of protecting women but turn their face to the increasing violence on women in Gujarat.

8220;Why don8217;t these people raise their voice against the increasing crime against women8221; , they ask.

At least 13 women are killed for dowry daily in Gujarat, they point out. Most of these 8220;people who cry themselves hoarse8221; for protecting minor girls of their religions, they allege, are party to killing girls before their birth and are guilty of increased violence on women of all religions.

The organisation also condemned the social and economic boycott of people by fundamentalist organisations which lead to the exodus of certain families in Randhikpur and Devgadh Baria.