K Sudhakaran, Congress working president in Kerala and the party’s tallest leader in Malabar region, asked leaders and workers to make sure to align the party more closely with the cause of the devotees in the raging row over the entry of women of all ages in the Sabrimala temple. Or else, he warned, the party’s roots will be ripped apart in the state.
“We should not create opportunities for the BJP (to exploit the situation)…if we end up doing that, the next election will be a Waterloo for the Congress party. There is no question about it,” Sudhakaran said at a party programme in Kasaragod district.