Mangalore : GV Srirama Reddy, former MLA and State Secretary of the CPIM has strongly criticized the police department for failing to check the menace of communalism.

Speaking after inaugurating a workshop on communalism at Town Hall in Mangalore on October 30, Tuesday, he said fundamentalism was also equally dangerous as communalism.

He also accused the saffron forces of misusing the police machinery and questioned why no action has been taken against RSS leader Kalladka Prabhaker Bhat despite him delivering a hate speech.

He also accused the state government of encouraging superstitious practices like Made Snana in temples.

Several CPM leaders including Sunil Kumar Bajal, B Madhava were present on the occasion