Members of the Untouchability Eradication Front along with like minded organisations staged a demonstration seeking entry for Dalits into the Mariamman Temple at Kalapatti. The State president of the Front Sampath, its district secretary Sivagnanam, functionaries of the Democratic Youth Federation of India, Adhi Tamiar Viduthalai Munnani and Students Federation of India took part in the demonstration. They urged the State Government and the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Department to intervene and ensure rights of entry for the Dalits into the temple. The temple is under the administration of the HR&CE since 1973 and HR & CE officials reportedly paid a visit to the temple on Monday to take stock of the situation.
The activists have decided to wait for the administration to act on the issue, failing which the organisations will forcibly enter the temple. The date of the agitation will be decided shortly.
