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Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam wide caput Vellapally Natesan has said the Nair Service Society’s (NSS) detente with the Kerala authorities implicit the contented of protecting the conventions and traditions of Sabarimala, chiefly preserving the customary prohibition connected the introduction of women of childbearing property into the Ayyappa temple, would payment the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) successful the section assemblage elections and beyond.
Speaking to reporters successful Alappuzha connected Wednesday (September 24, 2025), Mr. Natesan said helium concurred with NSS wide caput G. Sukumaran Nair’s “informed stance” that neither the Congress nor the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had helped resoluteness the “emotive issue” (of preserving temple traditions successful the aftermath of the 2018 Supreme Court bid allowing women of each ages to worship astatine the temple).
Mr. Natesan said the NSS had powerfully protested against the LDF government’s archetypal determination to facilitate the introduction of women to Sabarimala. The Congress and the BJP belatedly hitched themselves to the NSS bandwagon for governmental ends.
Mr. Natesan said the SNDP had, from the outset, demanded the preservation of Sabarimala traditions, including those concerning women’s entry. He said the LDF authorities backed down from the move, “respecting the sentiments of devotees.”
He said Devaswom Minister V.N. Vasavan had called connected Mr. Nair. The Minister reiterated the government’s committedness to safeguard Sabarimala traditions up of the caller Global Ayyapppa Sanghamam, prompting the NSS to reciprocate by sending its vice-president, Sangeet Kumar, to the conference.
Mr. Natesan said the NSS had “always struck an issue-based approach” to successive governments.
‘Congress delusional’
He said the Congress narrative, which claimed the NSS was perennially opposed to LDF governments, was delusional. “For now, the NSS has reaffirmed its spot successful the LDF authorities vis-à-vis the Sabarimala issue,” Mr. Natesan said.
“The LDF has acquiesced to NSS demands, including preservation for the economically disadvantaged among guardant castes and besides connected issues concerning Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) recruitment”, helium added.
Mr. Natesan said helium “agreed” with Mr. Nair that the Congress and the BJP “lacked a consciousness of direction” concerning the Sabarimala faith, including pilgrim payment and development.
(Mr. Nair had blamed the BJP for not honouring its committedness to guarantee the preservation of Sabarimala temple customs via authorities and besides slammed the Congress for striking a “duplicitous” attack to the contented that laic astatine the NSS’ heart. Mr. Nair had said the Congress showed scant respect for the concerns of the bulk community.)
Asked whether the region betwixt the NSS office astatine Perunna and the SNDP’s office successful Kollam had shrunk aft the Sanghamam, Mr. Natesan said helium “left it to the nationalist interpretation.”
