Dear Mr. George, Here's a news portal (< https://scroll.in/latest/911997/sabarimala-row-only-two-women-of-menstruating-age-not-51-entered-shrine-says-kerala-government?fbclid=IwAR0epAcjskM22ylaZ21zIZ4EBrZuScMgjfNlyzrpkmAs8WNKW_tg_V3HwSg>), considered to be broadly left-leaning, presenting the same report.
A relevant extract: <<The Kerala government has retracted its earlier statement to the Supreme Court in which it had claimed that 51 women of menstruating age had entered the Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala during the last pilgrimage season, the Hindustan Times reported. The U-turn by the government, which admitted that only two women of menstruating age have entered the hill shrine till date, came two days before the Supreme Court is expected to take up a bunch of review petitions challenging its September 28 verdict allowing women of all ages to enter the temple. On Janaury 18, the government – in response to a petition filed by civil servant Kanakadurga and law lecturer Bindu Ammini seeking police protection – has said in the court that 51 women of menstruating age had entered the temple since September. ... However, soon after the government counsel made the statement in the top court, several media reports pointed out that most of the names and phone numbers mentioned on the list were of women over 50 years of age or of men. ... The government told the Assembly that reports of the visit of a Sri Lankan woman in early January was yet to be confirmed.>> So, in case it's all false reporting by the MSM and also alternative media, the least that is expected is an officail contradiction. Is there any? Sukla On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 at 09:20, Sukla Sen <sukla....@gmail.com> wrote: > Pls. cite your source. > Provide link, if there's any. > > Here's another piece of gem. > 《A day after police officers deployed at Sabarimala told DGP Loknath > Behera that they will not be able to extend security to activists > attempting to enter the hill shrine, Kerala Devaswom minister Kadakampally > Surendran on Thursday said that the state government has no special > interest in taking women to the hill shrine. > The minister emphasized that the government is not scared of the "goons > creating problems" at Sannidhanam, and ***many women would have visited the > temple by now had the government wanted*** [emphasis added]. > He was speaking to media after the Manadalakaala-Makaravilakku pilgrimage > season assessment meeting with Devaswom board officials. > Ever since the verdict, around three dozen women from the child-bearing > age group have tried and failed to have a darshan of Lord Ayyappa at > Sabarimala following protests. On Sunday, 11 women devotees from Tamil Nadu > were sent back in the face of steep protest. > "***The hill shrine is not the place to show activism," Surendran said*** > [emphasis added].》 > > (Ref.: < > http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/dec/27/kerala-government-has-no-interest-in-taking-women-to-sabarimala-devaswom-minister-kadakampally-sure-1917232.html > >.) > > Who's this minister? > <<A member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), he is presently a > member of the Kerala State Committee of the party. He served as its > Thiruvananthapuram District Committee Secretary for nine years from 2007 - > 2016. Kadakampally has been a prominent figure of the CPI(M) and other > leftist progressive movements in the district of Thiruvananthapuram for > more than four decades. He is also a forefronter in the trade union > activities in the state of Kerala.>> > (Ref.: <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadakampally_Surendran>.) > > So, this is the second Kerala minister to let the truth slip out, in a > moment of indiscretion. > The earlier one was the Finance Minister Isaac Thomas. > He emphatically claimed (ref.: < > https://twitter.com/drthomasisaac/status/1056165651503411200?lang=en>) > that the BJP national president had been granted a ***special permission so > that his plane could land in an airport, yet to be inaugurated***. > And, Amit Shah on landing with the "special" permission, as very much > expected of him, vociferously campaigned against the Supreme Court order, > on Sabarimala, granting the right of entry to women of all ages, and even > issued a call to oust the government. > The call for "ouster" riled the minister. > > Sukla > > > On Mon, 4 Feb 2019, 21:59 george_regi <george_r...@yahoo.com wrote: > >> With the knowledge of dewasom commissioner only 2 women entered. However >> as per the police more women entered the temle. >> >> This is what minister said in the assembly. >> >> Post truth media bias flooding just because of individual hatredness to >> cpm. >> >> Keep it up. However Kerala will defeat these fascist forces and overcome >> with the creation of a more progressive new generation >> >> Regi >> >> >> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From: Sukla Sen <sukla....@gmail.com> >> Date: 2/4/19 8:54 AM (GMT-05:00) >> To: foil-l <foi...@insaf.net> >> Subject: [foil] 'Not 51, Only 2 Women Entered Sabarimala Temple, Admits >> Kerala Govt After List Goof-Up' >> >> >> [<<The figure was mentioned as per the report submitted by the Devaswom >> Executive Officer. ***Minister Kadakampally Surendran said that the SC had >> not suggested arranging additional security for female pilgrims visiting >> the temple*** [emphasis added].>> >> >> The highlighted portion speaks for itself. >> Comments are superfluous.] >> >> >> https://www.news18.com/news/india/not-51-only-2-women-entered-sabarimala-temple-admits-kerala-govt-after-list-goof-up-2024445.html?fbclid=IwAR36JlRJlsuwRIKekFp4AKijLTXfkGHO3GoJnoadPysKswn5Wjf9OWqAKc0 >> >> Not 51, Only 2 Women Entered Sabarimala Temple, Admits Kerala Govt After >> List Goof-Up >> The figure was mentioned as per the report submitted by the Devaswom >> Executive Officer. Minister Kadakampally Surendran said that the SC had not >> suggested arranging additional security for female pilgrims visiting the >> temple. >> >> News18 >> >> Updated:February 4, 2019, 1:35 PM IST >> >> Not 51, Only 2 Women Entered Sabarimala Temple, Admits Kerala Govt After >> List Goof-Up File photo of a group of elderly women arriving at the >> Sabarimala temple. (PTI) >> >> Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala government has changed its stand on the >> number of women who entered the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala after the >> Supreme Court overturned a traditional ban on the entry of women of >> menstruating age. >> >> The number, which was earlier stated to be 51, has now been revised to >> two. >> >> Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran made the revision while >> responding to questions raised by legislators K Muraleedharan, Eldhose P >> Kunnappillil, AC Balakrishnan and Anil Akkara in the Assembly on Monday. >> >> The figure is mentioned as per the report submitted by the Devaswom >> Executive Officer. The minister added that the Supreme Court had not >> suggested arranging additional security for female pilgrims visiting the >> temple. >> >> On January 18, the state government had submitted a list of 51 names to >> the Supreme Court. Much to the embarrassment of the state government, this >> list was found to contain the names of women older than 50, and men as well. >> >> The list was submitted when the apex court was hearing the petitions of >> Bindu and Kanakadurga, two women in their 40s who made headlines by >> visiting the shrine in the wee hours of January 2, a day after the Left >> Democratic Party held the ‘Women’s Wall’ protest. Both women had approached >> the court seeking security. >> >> The list was said to be compiled on the basis of online registrations via >> the virtual queue. Following reports of errors in the list, a panel headed >> by the chief secretary had carried out an enquiry to come up with a fresh >> set of names, omitting 34 from the earlier one. >> >> -- >> Peace Is Doable >> >> >> -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. 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