[<<Minister of Devaswom in Kerala, Kadakampally Surendran, on Wednesday, asked that the Centre bring legislation to protect the faith of all devotees coming to Sabarimala temple, following the September 2018 Supreme Court verdict which allowed women of all ages to enter Sabarimala. ... He also asked the BJP state leadership to speak to the Centre about bringing in legislation on the same, adding that the BJP government had a majority in the Centre.>> (Excerpted from the post below.)
A blast from the (not-too-distant) past: <<More than three million women formed an over 600-km long unbroken human chain ‘Vanitha Mathil’ (Women’s Wall) on Tuesday (Jan. 1 2019) linking Kasargode in North Kerala to Ayyanakali square near the Governor's residence in Thiruvananthapuram, to defend gender justice and values of renaissance in the society. Men formed another human chain parallel to the Women’s Wall throughout the state in solidarity. ... As per an IANS report, last month, amid the row over the Sabarimala pilgrimage, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had sent out invites to social groups and it was decided to form the "Women’s Wall". The other objective of the event was to promote gender equality. “The CPI(M) considered addressing women’s issues as part of the party’s class struggle. Such an initiative (women’s wall) is required to protect the renaissance tradition of the state,” Vijayan was quoted as saying by The Indian Express.>> (Source: < https://www.newsclick.in/gender-justice-over-3-million-women-form-womens-wall-across-kerala >.)] https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/centre-should-legally-protect-sabarimala-devotee-s-faith-kadakampally-surendran-103934 Centre should legally protect Sabarimala devotee’s faith’: Kadakampally Surendran The Minister added that since the BJP had a majority in the Centre, they should pass the legislation. TNM Staff Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 09:10 Minister of Devaswom in Kerala, Kadakampally Surendran, on Wednesday, asked that the Centre bring legislation to protect the faith of all devotees coming to Sabarimala temple, following the September 2018 Supreme Court verdict which allowed women of all ages to enter Sabarimala. The demand from the CPI(M) government comes in the wake of Kollam MP NK Premachandran moving a private members bill to ban the entry of women into Sabarimala. The bill, according to reports, is likely to come up in the Lok Sabha this week. According to reports, the Devaswom minister said, “The issue will come up before the Centre as a private bill. Everybody knows the fate of private bills.” He also asked the BJP state leadership to speak to the Centre about bringing in legislation on the same, adding that the BJP government had a majority in the Centre. The Sabarimala row which began after the Supreme Court verdict on September 28, 2018 allowing women of all age groups to enter the temple, saw massive protests by right wing groups and the BJP in the state. The protests began after the CPI(M) government took steps to implement the Supreme Court verdict. Several petitions have been filed before the Supreme Court asking for a review of the September verdict. These are pending before the top court. Earlier, the temple did not allow women between the 10-50 age group, the menstruating age of women, citing that the idol is celibate. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/greenyouth/CACEsOZhOauBJ7MYQ_0j2wuH5LvBD5y1vzX7%2BRVe7DHspxA1VsQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
