The ‘broom protest’ staged by a group of women and their children, owing allegiance to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleging immoral activities on the part of youngsters who frequent the Konad beach in Kozhikode city has triggered off a series of intense protests led by various youth organisations across the State. Soon after the visuals of the alleged “moral policing” went viral on social media triggering wide criticism, the protesters made a fresh claim on Friday that their fight was against youths addicted to drugs who made the beach a safe haven for their activities.
BJP leader Malini Santhosh, who led the ‘broom protest’ on February 8, said that the coastal women came up with the protest unable to withstand “harrowing scenes of sexual activities” by intoxicated youngsters on the open beach. It was creating mental trauma and disgust among children and their parents living closer to the area, she added.
