Karnataka Advocate-General Ravivarma Kumar has opined that stringent legislation is needed to curb honour killings and moral policing in the State.
Speaking at the inauguration of a two-day national seminar on the premises of Tumkur University on “Gandhi philosophy and recent trends in India”, he said that untouchability and inequality are still alive in society. Terrorism has spread even to the villages. Parents killing their own children for marrying from other castes is a matter of concern. Such “terrorist activities” are condemnable.
Speaking on reservation, he said that since untouchability is being practised, reservation has to be given. There are 27,000 villages with separate Dalit colonies. This shows that Dalits are not allowed to enter the villages even today.