Barely a week after the Delhi high court slammed the capital cops for arresting and prosecuting a couple kissing in public, Bangalore couples strolling in public will have to be watching out for extremist Hindu hoodlums who have vowed a Valentine day massacre for unmarried couples.
“…Our activists will go around with a priest, a turmeric stub and a ‘mangal sutra’ on February 14. If we come across couples being together in public and expressing their love, we will take them to the nearest temple and conduct their marriage….”, said Pramod Muthalik, the new face of India’s Hindu extremism, the self-proclaimed leader of Shri Ram Sene, a self-styled gangster force which recently attacked and groped young Indian women in a Mangalore pub. Although Muthalik’s understated threats can’t hide the stern warning to those looking forward to celebrating Valentine’s day with their valentines.
Shri Ram Sene is yet another Hindu extremist group, on the same lines as Shiv Sena, Bajrang Dal, Sambhaji brigade and other like these that have sought political & economic opportunities in the era of terrorism. Not surprisingly, these groups have hardly ever done anything constructive, and have seldom shown the guts to join the military.
While the rest of India fights enemies across the border, such extremist groups are busy making hay by extorting and threatening their own instead of standing up to the real enemy across the border.
Muthalik is an opportunist at best, a terrorist pest at worst. A local hoodlum with political and law enforcement connections, he has managed to hog enough limelight for his 15 minutes of fame. No matter what color garb or flag, no matter what religion, and no matter what country, such people who terrorize and spread fear are to be recognized as terrorists. Such people are best left ignored when they try to hog fame and they shall soon be forgotten because that IS their fate. So this is the last time I will mention this idiot.
