As the date nears for the assembly elections in Kerala, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has become very desperate to win the alienated Hindu vote.
In the last five years, the CPI(M) has done everything in its power to hurt the sentiments of Hindus but now Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran has expressed regret over the incidents that took place at Sabarimala over women entry.
“It was a strange incident in 2018. Everyone is disappointed over it. We are also disheartened about the Supreme Court verdict and related issues in Sabarimala. But we hope that the public is no more worried about the incident. Whatever be the verdict of the Supreme Court over the women entry in Sabarimala, we will only implement it after holding talks with the believers. We have been repeating this stance. The government has already quashed all cases relating to the Sabarimala protests. All these moves are upholding one message,” said the minister.
The CPM led Kerala government led the charge from the front to allow women entry into Sabarimala and in that process, thousands of cases were registered against peaceful agitators who protested against the state government’s decision regarding Sabarimala.
However, the reality is that Surendran who was elected from this constituency now faces the strong prospect of losing his seat and has now accepted that the government committed a mistake by allowing women to enter the Sabarimala.
This will be a serious U-turn on the part of this so-called secular party which harps on women’s rights. Recently a Hindu candidate who was contesting from a Muslim majority had to face protests from the majority who demanded that only a Muslim could contest.
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