NCIC joins chorus of protest against Chalkdust

Sharma said he was out of the country for Carnival and on his return he read about the issue in the daily newspapers.

“I believe Dr Liverpool has shown his arrogance when he refuses to apologise for ridiculing the Hindu community in his composition,” Sharma said, adding that there have been marriages between men and women of all ages in all the religions of the world and in many countries of the world.

He emphasised the fact that Secretary General of the Maha Sabha, Sat Maharaj was targeted was totally wrong.

Sharma went on to say he is of the view that the age of consent should be eighteen.

On this topic he said, “When a national entertainer could target one ethnic group and score high then the nation should really take a second look at the way it is progressing,” he said, adding that it is distasteful when one leader is singled out after so much debate on the topic of Child Marriage.

Liverpool, on Carnival Sunday night this year, became the first calypsonian to win the Calypso Monarch title nine times. He took home the $700,000 prize money for his composition which condemned the much debated issue of child marriage.