VCK for judicial probe into ashram ‘irregularities’

 The Hindu

PUDUCHERRY, January 8, 2015 

Cadres of the VCK on Wednesday staged a protest here urging the government to order a judicial inquiry into the allegations of sexual harassment and other irregularities at the Aurobindo Ashram.

CPI’s Puducherry unit secretary R. Viswanathan and CPI (M) secretary R. Rajangam also participated in the agitation.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/vck-for-judicial-probe-into-ashram-irregularities/article6766558.ece

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Organisations to Picket Ashram

The New Indian Express

Chennai, Monday,  5 January 2015

Puducherry: Different organisations will picket the Sri Aurobindo Ashram here on January 7, demanding the intervention of the Central and State Governments to institute a probe by a retired High Court Judge into the alleged harassment and recent deaths of women inmates following their eviction from the ashram.  ENS

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News Excerpts on Sri Aurobindo Ashram, Puducherry

The New Indian Express

Chennai, Thursday, 1 January 2015 

Fury on Ashram Alive As 3 House Targeted

Puducherry: The attack on Sri Aurobindo Ashram continues unabated ever since the two Ashram sisters who were evicted on December 18 committed suicide, with three guest houses – Oriya Nilayam, New Sweet Home and Orissa House – being stoned last night.

The Attackers came on a motorcyle at midnight and fled after stoning, said a security staff of one of the guest houses. The Oriya Nilayam guesthouse has been attacked three times resulting in damaged window panes. (excerpt)

The Hindu

Puducherry, January 1, 2015

Asked about the recent protests against Sri Aurobindo Ashram, he [Mr Visweswaran, Puducherry BJP MLA] said that the Ashram should be put in order and its administration should be transparent. He hoped that the centre would take necessary steps in this regard. (excerpt)

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Raj TV programme in Tamil on Sri Aurobindo Ashram Trust on 23 December, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA105IeqmGc

Summary in English of Koppium Raj TV programme on Sri Aurobindo Ashram on 23 December, 2014:

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Political parties’ stage demonstration in Puducherry

THE HINDU

PUDUCHERRY, December 25, 2014

Left parties and VCK stage a joint stir in front of the Head Post Office in Puducherry on Wednesday. Photo: T. Singaravelou

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Protestors want Union government to pass legislation and take over administration of Ashram.

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Ashram Showroom, Guest House come under Attack

The New Indian Express

Chennai, Wednesday, 24 December 2014

Oriya Nilayam Guest House

No one was injured in the attacks on Splendour Auroservice and Oriya Nilayam

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Tribute to the departed mother and two sisters

Tribute to mother Shanthi Devi and sisters Arunashri and Rajyashri for fighting against the misdeeds of the Ashram Trust (at the Gandhi Statue on the Beach Road, Pondicherry, on 22 December, 2014)

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BJP, Congress Seek Probe into Ashram Affairs

The New Indian Express Service

Published: 22nd December 2014 06:02 AM

PUDUCHERRY: The local unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has sought a judicial probe into the allegations of sexual harassment and other irregularities in Sri Aurobindo Ashram.

BJP President M Visweswaran said violence and damage to property of Sri Aurobindo Ashram was not the reply to the charges levelled against  Ashram management by the sisters who were evicted. It is the duty of the Ashram, which is of international repute, to safeguard itself against irregularities.

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Photographs of the Bandh on 20 December, 2014

Youth Congress Protesting in front of the Pondicherry Assembly

Pondicherry Railway Station

Pondicherry Bus Stand

Market Area

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Bandh affects normal life in Puducherry

The Hindu

PUDUCHERRY, December 20, 2014

Updated: December 20, 2014 13:35 IST

Normal life was affected in the city on Saturday due to the dawn-to-dusk bandh called by various outfits and political parties demanding that the Union and Puducherry governments take over the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in the wake of two evicted sisters and their mother killing themselves.

The normally bustling Puducherry bus stand wore a deserted look as all private and government buses kept off the roads.

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Left Parties to launch separate agitation

The Hindu 20 December, 2014

Special Correspondent

Left parties on Friday announced that they would observe bandh separately on Saturday here demanding that the government bring a special enactment for keeping Aurobindo Ashram Trust and its Society under control.

Leaders of Communist Party of India (CPI), the Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPI(Marxist-Leninist) Revolutionary Socialist Party, and All India Forward Bloc discussed various issues including the death of three women who were expelled from Ashram.

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