COIMBATORE: Despite protests from a large cross-section of the civil society , Kongu Vellalar Gounder Peravai has decided to go with the anti-inter-caste assembly at SN auditorium near Ramanathapuram in the city on Sunday. The Peravai has called community members to attend the meeting take a pledge condemning inter-caste marriages and to take measures to protect their women from youth of other communities, who are accused of forging a relationship with gounder women with the intention of grabbing their wealth. The outfit had even advertised the meet in a daily to gather support. "We are going ahead with the meeting and hundreds of people will gather at the auditorium as planned. It is a private affair of our community and does not interfere with others. We are all law abiding citizens," said R Manikandan, state president, Kongu Vellalar Gounder Peravai. The city police have given the green signal to conduct the meeting citing that the same association had conducted similar meetings in other districts in the past. A senior city police official also added that since it is a closed door meeting of the community members there was nothing unlawful about it until there is evidence of inflammatory statements being directed against other communities. "We will not obstruct the meeting at the moment but we will monitor the proceedings at the meeting," said a senior city police official. However, a section of activists from Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam has threatened that they will register their protest by storming the meeting venue to condemn the motive of the organisers for holding such a meeting. "Such caste-based programmes should not be promoted under any circumstance as it will lead to further polarisation of the society on the basis of caste and community," said C Vijayan, organising secretary , Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam. The Peravai move is not an isolated incident since similar sentiments have been expressed by various caste and community formation in the past with the focus especially on measures to preserve caste identity and exclusivity. The fear of losing caste or community identity due to youth marrying outside the fold is a common theme with many social groups. Sociologists explain that this fear among people stems from being insecure in a society that is being transformed by various social and economic factors at a furious pace.