Panaji:Â Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday made it clear that the controversial right-wing Hindu outfit Sri Ram Sene had been banned from setting up a branch in Goa after the police gave an adverse report about its activities.
“We have banned the entry of Sri Ram Sene in Goa. I had asked police to prepare a detailed report following Sene’s announcement to start a branch in the state,” Parrikar said, speaking in the legislative assembly.
Muthalik hit the headlines in 2009 after members of his organisation attacked boys and girls at a pub in Mangalore
In June Shri Ram Sena chief Pramod Mutalik had announced his plan to set up a branch of the sena in the state in September.
This had led to the tourism industry, women’s organizations, literary personalities and performing artistes demanding that the BJP government ban the sena from entering Goa. The fear was that the violence witnessed in Mangalore against women in pubs and night clubs some years ago might be repeated in Goa.
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