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Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan connected Tuesday asked the State authorities to clarify its presumption connected allowing women to participate the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple. He said the authorities was avoiding a wide reply and should openly accidental whether it supports women’s introduction oregon not.
He alleged that it was the government’s arrogance that led to women being allowed into Sabarimala. He said the Congress enactment stood for protecting temple traditions. He asked whether the authorities was acceptable to revise the affidavit it had filed successful the Supreme Court regarding the issue.
Mr. Satheesan further claimed that radical had started viewing the Left Democratic Front (LDF) marches arsenic specified nationalist relations exercises.
He accused the authorities of being straight progressive successful the alleged fiscal fraud linked to the Global Ayyappa Sanghamam.
He said paddy farmers were facing the worst situation they ever experienced. He claimed that during the tenure of erstwhile Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, paddy procurement was carried retired efficiently and payments were made connected time, but present farmers were struggling to person their dues.
Mr. Satheesan held an enactment with a ample gathering present connected Tuesday arsenic portion of his ongoing Puthuyuga Yatra. He discussed respective issues affecting the district, including farmers’ concerns and matters related to the Government Medical College Hospital, Palakkad.
One of the main issues raised was the situation faced by paddy farmers. They said they would not beryllium capable to past unless the procurement terms of paddy was accrued to ₹40 a kg.
Muthalamthodu Mani, representing paddy farmers, said the country nether paddy cultivation had drastically reduced from 8.75 lakh hectares to 1.75 lakh hectares. He added that the rising outgo of fertilizers was adding to their woes.
Mr. Satheesan assured the gathering that each these issues would beryllium addressed erstwhile the United Democratic Front (UDF) returns to power. He promised a peculiar bundle for Palakkad and said that each memorandums submitted astatine the lawsuit would beryllium cautiously considered and nary would beryllium ignored.
MPs V.K. Sreekandan, Shafi Parambil, and Benny Behanan; UDF convener Adoor Prakash, District Congress Committee president A. Thankappan, and N. Shamsudheen, MLA, were present.
