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’2,500 constables to berecruited in Amaravati’ VIJAYAWADA

Andhra Pradesh ChiefMinister N. ChandrababuNaidu on Sunday directedDGP R.P. Thakur to visit eachdistrict and release a bulletinon law and order everymonth. To ease the burdenon the police force, 2,500police constables would berecruited in Amaravati andthe government would takemeasures for providinghousing and other facilities tothe personnel, he said at aPolice Commemoration Dayprogramme here.

IN BRIEF

All set for Vizag Fintech Fest today VISAKHAPATNAM

The Port City is all set tobecome a beehive of activityfor domain experts, investorsand CEOs of variouscompanies involved infinancial technology as theVizag Fintech Festival willbegin here on Monday. Thehighlight of the festival is the‘$1 Million Startup Challenge’,an address followed by a briefinteraction by world’s firsthumanoid robot Sophia and acultural performance byartists from the UnitedStates.

As Sabarimala continued  tobe  on  the  boil  over  the  Su­preme  Court  verdict  grant­ing unrestricted entry to wo­men  into  the  temple,  thestance  adopted  by  keyplayers,  the  Congress,  theBJP and the CPI(M), presentsan interesting scenario.

The  Left  DemocraticFront  constituents,  mainlythe CPI(M) and the CPI, con­tinue  to  stand  pat  on  theirstated position that the Kera­la  government  is  constitu­tionally  obliged  to  honourthe verdict and provide pro­tection to all believers arriv­ing for a darshan.

The Congress and the BJPmay  have  dithered  initiallybut  have  shifted  their  posi­tion subsequently by declar­ing solidarity with the faith­ful,  sensing  the  politicalsetback they would have suf­fered otherwise. 

The  Travancore  Devas­wom Board (TDB) that man­ages  the  temple  too  has  re­neged  from  its  toughposition  and  off��ered  to  go

the extra mile to end the im­passe. 

Diffi��cult timeThe  Congress  and  the  BJPhave had a diffi��cult time ar­ticulating  their  views  aftertheir  national  leadershipshad hailed the verdict as pro­gressive  and  one  that  en­sures gender equality. 

Leader of  the OppositionRamesh Chennithala and BJPState president P.S. Sreedha­ran  Pillai  were  at  a  loss  ex­

plaining  the  apparent  con­tradiction  in  the  stanceadopted nationally while theState units aligned with  thebelievers. 

In  due  course,  the  lattermanaged  to  win  the  grudg­ing endorsement of their na­tional leaders.

CPI(M) stanceCPI(M)  State  committeemember  AnathalavattomAnandan recalls how succes­sive  State  governments  led

by the LDF had implementedthe High Court verdict ban­ning  women’s  entry  to  thetemple. 

Congress focusCongress publicity cell con­vener K. Muraleedharan saysthe party stands by the affi��­davit  the  State  governmentfi��led in 2016 seeking to stickto the rituals of the temple.But  he  admits  that  the  na­tional leadership’s directionto Congress activists  to  join

the  protests  without  partyfl��ag would prove costly.

“We are aware of this real­ity. Hence,  the  focus of ouragitation would be on the de­mand to promulgate an ordi­nance while  supporting  thedemand  of  the  faithful  toprotect the rituals of the tem­ple,” he says.

BJP  State  spokespersonM.S.  Kumar  admits  thatthere was initial dithering onthe  party  stance,  especiallyin  the  wake  of  RSS  generalsecretary  Suresh  Joshi  wel­coming  the  verdict.  “Thatmight  be  due  to  a  minorlapse in comprehending thetraditions  of  the  temple.Now the national  leaders ofthe RSS and the BJP reiteratethe need to protect the tem­ple’s tradition. The State go­vernment can now seek opi­nion from eminent jurists tosettle the issue,” he says. 

But  who  will  ultimatelybenefi��t  from  the  no­holds­barred campaign to gain pol­itical mileage from the issueis  something  that  exercisesthe minds of leaders and ob­servers alike. 

Parties dilly­dally on Sabarimala row State units in Kerala had a tough time in explaining the divergent stances of national leaderships 

N.J. Nair

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

Pilgrims’ progress: After days of violent protest, Sabarimala temple once again saw a surge incrowds on Sunday. * H. VIBHU

The Crime Branch (CB) pol­ice have opened a criminalinvestigation against formerKerala Chief Minister Oom­men Chandy on suspicion ofhaving abused solar energyinvestment  fraud  case  ac­cused Saritha S. Nair sexual­ly  at  his  offi��cial  residencehere in 2013.

The agency told a magis­trate  court  here  last  weekthat it was investigating Mr.Chandy on the suspicion ofhaving  committed  a  sexualact on Ms. Nair in return forusing his high offi��ce to pro­mote her business.

The CB had also bookedK.C. Venugopal, MP, on thecharge of having raped Ms.Nair when she went to meeta lawmaker at the offi��cial re­sidence of then Tourism Mi­nister A.P. Anil Kumar.

Sworn statementsMeanwhile, CB offi��cers saidon Sunday that Ms. Nair hadlodged  specifi��c  complaintsagainst six more United De­mocratic Front  (UDF)  lead­ers. She had expressed wil­lingness  to  give  swornstatements  against  her  al­leged  exploiters  in­camerato a magistrate.

The  sex  scandal  had  re­surfaced  to  haunt  the  UDF

after  a  hiatus  of  one  yearand  at  a  time  when  it  waslaying  the  groundwork  forthe  Parliamentary  electionin 2019.

The  Sivarajan  Commis­sion  that  probed  the  so­called  solar  scam  hadopened a Pandora’s box ofsexual allegations against agalaxy of UDF leaders whenit  submitted  its  fi��ndings  tothe Pinarayi Vijayan govern­ment in September 2017.

The  Cabinet  had  accept­ed the commission’s recom­mendation  to  charge  thosewho  had  sought  and  re­ceived  sexual  favours  fromMs. Nair as an illegal gratifi��­cation  to  back  her  invest­ment schemes. 

Mr.  Chandy  counteredthe  government’s  move  byconvincing the Kerala HighCourt  in  May  2018  to  ex­punge  the  commission’sfi��ndings  and  observationsagainst him. 

Saritha accused him of sexual abuse

Special Correspondent

Thiruvananthapuram

Oommen Chandy

Probe initiatedagainst Chandy 

A single  tweet  from  fi��lmjournalist  Sridevi  Sridhar,wishing actor Dileep and hisfamily,  provoked  angryreactions  from  women  ac­tors, who were all off��endedat  the  praise  for  someoneaccused  of  masterminding

the abduction and assault ofan actor. 

Ms. Sridhar had on Fridaytweeted  a  wish  to  Dileepand  Kavya  on  the  birth  oftheir  baby  girl.  ActorsLakshmi  Manchu,  TapseePannu,  Rakul  Preet  Singhwere  among  those  whoreacted.

Scribe’s wishes to Dileepprovoke angry comments

Staff Reporter

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

Protests triggered by the Su­preme  Court  verdict  grant­ing entry for women of all ag­es to Sabarimala temple arefeared  to  rock  the  fi��nancialbase  of  the  Travancore  De­vaswom Board (TDB) and af­fect the functioning of 1,188temples managed by it. 

As many as 1,249 templesfrom Parassala in the capitalto  Perumanam  in  Thrissurcome under the board. TDBcommissioner  N.  Vasu  toldThe Hindu here  that  onlyabout 61 temples, including

Sabarimala,  were  self­suffi��­cient and the rest were hea­vily  reliant  on  the  incomeearned  from  other  templesfor their sustenance.

That means any dip in in­come  from  Sabarimalawould  debilitate  the  func­tioning  of  1,118  temples  ex­tending from the Mahadevatemple  at  Parassala  to  theSankaranarayana  temple  atPerumanam. 

Salary revisionThe monthly salary and pen­sion bills of  the board havebeen  estimated  at  ₹��500crore. It has about 5,000 em­ployees and 4,000 pension­ers. The present board hadrevised the salary and otherbenefi��ts  of  employees  and

this  would  add  to  its  fi��nan­cial burden.

A major  dip  in  returnsmay even aff��ect the conductof  routine  rituals and pujasin temples. 

In addition to these are aslew  of  maintenance,  con­struction  and  other  civilworks  that  have  been  com­missioned  and  tendered  invarious temples. 

The  board  would  beforced  to  defer  works  thathave  not  yet  commencedand put a halt to those thathave  already  been  commis­sioned. 

Temple impasse may hit TDB fi��nances Fall in income may aff��ect the conduct of routine rituals and pujas in 1,188 shrines

As many as 1,249 templescome under the TDB.

special correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Bharatiya  Janata  PartyState president P.S. Sreedh­aran  Pillai  has  urged  theKerala government to get aresolution  passed  by  theAssembly, seeking the Cen­tral government’s interven­tion  in  the  Sabarimalaissue.

Asserting that inter­Statepilgrimage  was  a  subjecton the State List of the Con­stitution, he told the mediahere  on  Sunday  that  theCentre  could  bring  in  anOrdinance on the issue on­ly  if  the  State  Assemblysought it. 

‘Seek Centre’sintervention’ Staff Reporter

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