Devaswom Minister did not take part in any TDB meetings: Vasavan

Even arsenic the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) continued its protestation wrong and extracurricular the Assembly implicit the alleged Sabarimala golden theft, 4 Congress MLAs connected Wednesday raised questions demanding the details of Travancore Devaswom Board meetings successful which the Devaswom Minister participated.

However, arsenic per the Devaswom Minister V. N. Vasavan’s reply, the Minister did not instrumentality portion successful immoderate gathering arsenic helium is not legally allowed to instrumentality portion successful committee meetings, successful which lone committee members tin participate. Congress MLA Roji M.John sought the details of the meetings of the Devaswom Board from 2016 to 2021 successful which the past Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran took part, portion Eldhose Kunnappilly demanded the minutes of the Board meetings during the aforesaid period. MLAs K.Babu and C.R.Mahesh sought akin details from 2021 onwards, during the tenure of the existent Devaswom Minister V.N.Vasavan. As per Mr.Vasavan’s reply, the Travancore-Cochin Hindu Religious. Institutions Act, 1950 stipulates that lone Devaswom Board members tin instrumentality portion successful committee meetings, which means that the Devaswom Minister cannot legally instrumentality portion successful specified meetings. The Minister gave a akin reply to each 4 questions which person been submitted separately. Later successful the day, erstwhile Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran, whose resignation the UDF has been demanding implicit the past galore weeks, posted successful his societal media pages the replies fixed to the 4 Congress MLAs, indicating it arsenic a vindication of his stand.