India, Aug. 14 -- The outsider-insider debate surfaced yet again on Wednesday as members of Marathi Ekikaran Samitee converged at the Dadar Kabutarkhana to protest the Jain community's recent resistance towards a ban on pigeon feeding. Around 100 members of the Samitee turned up at the spot, blaming "outsider Jains from Gujarat and Rajasthan creating unnecessary controversy over pigeon feeding".

The activists alleged that when protests by the Jain community broke out last week against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) efforts to implement the Bombay High Court (HC) ban on pigeon feeding, "police chose to remain silent spectators". The activists also alleged that police purportedly detained members of the Samitee on Wednesday...