Police case over protest march upsets Meena Kandasamy

Kochi: Writer Meena Kandasamy took to Twitter on Tuesday to register her protest against Kerala police for filing a case against her and others for participating in a protest march, soon after the death of

Rohith Vemula

.

“…What is the CPM position on honouring his memory? Kerala police have filed a case against me and my friends for participating in a protest march, the day after his murder,” she tweeted. “Why his dissent/protest criminalized in a state that is supposedly under a "Communist government"? Why does the Kerala police describe me (a writer) as a leader of a cultural organisation,

Porattam

, which according to them is a Naxalite front?” she said in another tweet.

The protest was called by Janakeeya Manushyavakasha Prasthanam, Kerala Dalit Maha Sabha and other organizations shortly after the death of Vemula. Kerala Dalit Maha Sabha state president

CS Murali

said:“I realized that a case had been filed when we received summons from the magistrate court. This enthusiasm to register cases is not seen when political parties organize protest,” he said. But, commissioner MP Dinesh said a case is registered when a march is held without permission. tnn