More than 500 members of various Hindu associations, Bharatiya Janata Party, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Hindu Munnani and a few other organisations staged a protest in Gandhi Park on Wednesday condemning the Kerala Government for “excesses against devotees” in Sabarimala.
The protesters, led by BJP State Treasurer S.R. Seghar, Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s Lakshmi Narayanan and others, said the the Communist Party of India-Marxist government under Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had unleashed a 15,000-strong police force on devotees, who were being arrested for even chanting the god’s name in Sabarimala.
Travel restrictions
From placing travel restrictions to preventing devotees from staying overnight in Sabarimala and dissuading them from going around (pradakshina) in the temple, the government’s actions made one wonder if India was a free country.
The protesters accused the Kerala government of showing unnecessary enthusiasm in implementing the Supreme Court verdict in the Sabarimala case, while remaining silent on implementing the court’s other verdicts.
They also charged the government with helping activists and persons from other faiths enter the temple to violate its sanctity.
