MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2018 IN BRIEF Parties dillydally on...
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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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