Ram Sene bully to get the ‘pink slip’

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TIMES NEWS NETWORK

The Sri Ram Sene might be in for some tough love this Valentine’s Day if plans of a new internetbased group materialize.
The group, which describes itself as The Consortium of Pubgoing, Loose and Forward Women, has launched the Pink Chaddi Campaign to send a stack of flouncy, lacy pink underwear to Sene chief Pramod Muthalik and his ‘‘bully boys’’ who stormed a pub in Mangalore and roughed up women whom they accused of being ‘‘loose’’ and ‘‘unIndian’’.
More than 3,000 women and men — from housewives to journalists to corporate executives — have signed up and promised to send an item or in some cases, a boxful of underwear.
On Valentine’s eve, the organizers will hold a press meet in Bangalore before mailing their gift to Muthalik.
Nisha Susan, a Delhi-based media professional from Bangalore, who initiated the movement, told TOI that it was a deep sense of frustration that triggered the idea. ‘‘After the pub attack in Mangalore, I felt I could either accept everything quietly or take these people head-on. So I started this group on Facebook last Thursday,’’ she said. ‘‘The chaddi (as in khaki chaddi) is slang for right-wing hardliners and the saffron agenda, while pink stands for things that are frivolous. The combination is offensive.’’
The Sene said the group was free to register its protest. ‘‘It’s a free country. However, we would like to know the background of these people since nobody from good families would resort to such cheap steps,’’ its Bangalore unit chief Vasanth Kumar Bhavani said.