Sabarimala: BJP plans massive show of strength today

  • | Monday | 15th October, 2018

"The TDB president is a puppet in the hands of the CPM and he cannot act against the party interests. BJP wants the concluding ceremony of the march on Monday to be a show of strength . Pillai said that the Save Sabarimala Yatra from Pandalam to Thiruvananthapuram was organised to show how much worried the devotees were about the state government's decision. Supporters from different parts of the state have been mobilised to take part in the yatra. He has already shown his double standard on the issue," he said.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Growing mass protests by Ayyappa devotees against the historic Supreme Court verdict allowing women aged between 10 and 50 years entry to the hill shrine will reach the Kerala secretariat with a long march led by state BJP president P S Sreedhran Pillai concluding there on Monday.The march entered the Thiruvananthapuram district on Sunday at Attingal where it was inaugurated by BJP's Rajya Sabha MP Suresh Gopi. BJP wants the concluding ceremony of the march on Monday to be a show of strength . Supporters from different parts of the state have been mobilised to take part in the yatra. The rally will be addressed by senior BJP leader Bandaru Dattatreya and general secretary Muraleedhar Rao.The march began from Pandalam on October 10 in protest of the LDF government's "hasty move" to implement the apex court's order. Pillai said that the Save Sabarimala Yatra from Pandalam to Thiruvananthapuram was organised to show how much worried the devotees were about the state government's decision."The government is trying to implement the SC verdict by suppressing the Hindu faith and the sentiments of the believers," Pillai said, adding that the meeting convened by the TDB on Tuesday with the tantri family and Pandalam royal family would be an eyewash."The TDB president is a puppet in the hands of the CPM and he cannot act against the party interests. He has already shown his double standard on the issue," he said.

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