With the Supreme Court set to hear a clutch of review petitions Tuesday against its Sabrimala verdict allowing women of all ages to enter the temple in Kerala, the state’s Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan told The Indian Express that his government’s efforts to implement the order may have “alienated” a “section of the faithful”.
Responding to a question about the political and social impact of the violent protests led by Hindu organisations against the verdict and the state’s attempts to implement it, Vijayan said: “A section of the faithful may have been alienated. However, that alienation is only temporary, I believe… The government is left with no other option but to implement the Supreme Court order.”