In Kerala, a Scheduled Caste woman auto driver named Chithra Lekha hailing from Kannur district has announced that she would be converting to Islam due to alleged constant caste discrimination by the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Chitra Lekha made this startling announcement through a Facebook post on November 16. In her Facebook post she said that she was constantly targeted because of her caste by the ruling CPM party and had lost all hopes of getting justice from the government or the courts.
Chithra Lekha had earlier alleged that CPM workers subjected her to constant discrimination. She had survived a murder attack and her auto was set on fire which the party never condemned.
Chitralekha a Dalit Auto Driver woman was haunted by CPM as she belonged to Dalit community. Two days b4 news of she converting to islam surged up. Today in Asianet news sting camera she revealed she was offered money and house by islamic extremist org Popular Front. #Kerala. pic.twitter.com/qGwMhM7Tlw
— Pratheesh Viswanath (@pratheesh_Hind) November 19, 2020
She wrote about her constant struggle against the CPM’s caste discrimination for the 20 years and said that in order to escape the persecution she was converting to Islam.
She got so tired and disillusioned that she could not continue any longer and did not want to live under the fear of the CPM whom she called a hypocrite secular party.
Chithra Lekha was allotted some land and money for a house by the previous UDF government, however, the CPM government cancelled the land allotted to her and refused the allotted money. Her protest in front of the Collectorate office also fell on deaf ears and the government did not change its decision.