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Ready for talks, says Chief Minister
With sporadic protests erupting across the State against the Supreme Court judgment allowing women of all age groups to enter the Sabarimala temple, the government has asserted that it was left with no option but to implement the verdict.
It reiterated that it would not file a review petition.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told a press conference here on Monday that the government was for allowing all women to worship at the Sabarimala temple, even as it was committed to protecting religious beliefs and traditions. “The government is bound to go by the Constitutional mandate to implement the Supreme Court verdict.” He said it was willing to hold talks to dispel any misgivings about its role in diluting temple traditions.
“We are not for a confrontation with believers, but there is no question of surrendering to any attempt to foment trouble in the name of the verdict,” he said. Mr. Vijayan accused the Congress of vying with the BJP to launch a smear campaign against the government on the Sabarimala issue. He advised the Nair Service Society, the SNDP Yogam and the Yoga Kshema Sabha to review their decision to spearhead the protests against the Supreme Court verdict. The RSS, he alleged, was trying to whip up passions and incite trouble. The Chief Minister said the Supreme Court judgment in the Sabarimala case had to be seen against the backdrop of the social renaissance movement against feudalism, superstitions and evil practices and discrimination against backward classes and women in Kerala.
Source : https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/no-option-but-to-implement-verdict/article25162031.ece
