Upper castes and minority support spur UDF to massive victory
5 years, 7 months ago

Upper castes and minority support spur UDF to massive victory

The Hindu  

The stunning victory of the Congress-led United Democratic Front was largely unexpected, but seems to be a direct result of the anti-incumbency wave against the National Democratic Alliance government at the Centre and the unhappiness with the Left Democratic Front government in the State. A linked development was the Supreme Court verdict allowing women of all age groups entry into the Sabarimala temple and the State government’s decision to implement it. Table 1: Complete dissatisfaction with the Central government’s performance was four times higher than complete dissatisfaction with State government’s work However, the most important election issue was the Sabarimala verdict. Table 2: Prime Minister Preference of Kerala voters While close to half the respondents in the survey did mention the Sabarimala issue as a critical factor, the sentiment against the Supreme Court judgment did not favour the BJP but the UDF. Table 4: Satisfaction with LDF government’s handling of Sabarimala issue The huge victories of the UDF in the constituencies which had a marginal presence of the BJP and in the minority-dominated areas indicate this factor.

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Sabarimala back in Kerala polls, now CPM speaks for bhakts over Supreme Court ruling
3 years, 9 months ago

Sabarimala back in Kerala polls, now CPM speaks for bhakts over Supreme Court ruling

India Today  

In 2018, the Supreme Court struck down a law that prevented women aged 10-50 from entering Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district. This prompted the Kerala minister to say, “This should never have happened.” WHAT HAPPENED IN 2018 The LDF government had irked the devotees of Lord Ayyappa by forming a 620-km “renaissance” wall on January 1, …

Battleground Kerala: Fight for Hindu votes, Sabarimala back in spotlight
3 years, 10 months ago

Battleground Kerala: Fight for Hindu votes, Sabarimala back in spotlight

India TV News  

God's own country is gearing up for polls and the Sabarimala temple issue is back in the spotlight. 'Secular' Congress plays Hindutva card A year later, when the voters of Kerala turned the tide in the LDF's favour in the local body polls and the party became hopeful of returning to power, the 'secular-congress' played the religion card to woo …

Ahead of assembly polls, Sabarimala issue back on radar in Kerala
3 years, 10 months ago

Ahead of assembly polls, Sabarimala issue back on radar in Kerala

Hindustan Times  

With assembly elections just two months away political parties in Kerala are in a race to rake up the emotional Sabarimala Temple issue yet again but a majority of youngsters who participated in the agitation feel let down. Kerala had witnessed large-scale violence and five shutdowns in 2018 after the Supreme Court verdict that allowed women of all ages to …

Sabarimala verdict: Kerala Govt to consult legal experts for 'more clarity'
5 years, 1 month ago

Sabarimala verdict: Kerala Govt to consult legal experts for 'more clarity'

India TV News  

The left government would consult legal experts to get more clarity on the Supreme Court's Sabarimala verdict but it seems that the earlier order on allowing entry of women of all age groups still stands, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday. The five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi Thursday said a larger bench will re-examine various religious …

Sabarimala verdict: SC refers matter to 7-judge bench in 3:2 split verdict, says ruling may impact other communities, religious practices
5 years, 1 month ago

Sabarimala verdict: SC refers matter to 7-judge bench in 3:2 split verdict, says ruling may impact other communities, religious practices

Firstpost  

Supreme Court on Thursday said restrictions on women in religious places were not limited to Sabarimala alone and was prevalent in other places of worship as well as it referred all review pleas to a larger seven-judge bench in a split 3:2 verdict. “Compliance with the Supreme Court judgments is not optional, hold Justices Chandrachud and Rohinton Nariman.” The apex …

Political parties in Kerala welcome SC decision in Sabarimala case
5 years, 1 month ago

Political parties in Kerala welcome SC decision in Sabarimala case

India TV News  

Political parties in Kerala on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court decision to refer its September 28, 2018 order allowing women of all ages into the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala to a larger bench. Hailing the verdict, Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala asked the Left-led state government "not to create issues" by providing security and taking women in the …

Sabarimala 2.0 brews ahead of verdict
5 years, 3 months ago

Sabarimala 2.0 brews ahead of verdict

Deccan Chronicle  

Sabarimala is a riddle and its key is politics. The Sabarimala verdict of the Supreme Court on September 28, 2018, removing age restrictions on women worshipping the celibate Lord Ayyappa at the hill shrine, continues to be a poll refrain in Kerala. India has had many women chief ministers, but has even one of them been a Communist leader?” Mr …

Union Law Minister Evades Query In Lok Sabha About Centre Bringing Law To Overturn Sabarimala Verdict
5 years, 6 months ago

Union Law Minister Evades Query In Lok Sabha About Centre Bringing Law To Overturn Sabarimala Verdict

Live Law  

Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP from Thiruvananthapuram, asked the Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in Lok Sabha on Wednesday whether the Central Government is considering or is in the process of drafting any legislation, including an amendment to the constitution, to overturn the Sabarimala judgement of the Supreme Court "to restore the traditions of the temple". Sabarimala matter was a …

Sabarimala row reason for Kerala Lok Sabha polls poor show: CPI-M
5 years, 6 months ago

Sabarimala row reason for Kerala Lok Sabha polls poor show: CPI-M

India TV News  

The Communist Party of India-Marxist mouthpiece 'Deshabhimani' on Wednesday said that the Sabarimala issue was one of the major reasons for the Left's poor show in the Lok Sabha polls in Kerala. The BJP had hoped to win the Pathanamthitta seat, however its candidate came third," Vijayan had said explaining the Left rout in the Lok Sabha polls. The ruling …

UDF notches up 19 of 20 seats in Kerala
5 years, 7 months ago

UDF notches up 19 of 20 seats in Kerala

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: Wayanad’s record margin of 431,770 votes offers the southern lifeline to Congress president Rahul Gandhi, whose presence helped UDF garner an unprecedented tally of 19 out of the 20 seats in Lok Sabha elections in Kerala, scripting a counter narrative to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s muscular nationalism at the centre. Latest figures show that the UDF’s vote share has …

Lok Sabha Election results: Rahul Gandhi's decisions led to divisions within the Opposition, says CPI
5 years, 7 months ago

Lok Sabha Election results: Rahul Gandhi's decisions led to divisions within the Opposition, says CPI

Firstpost  

Decisions taken by Rahul Gandhi led to divisions within the opposition, CPI national secretary Atul Kumar Anjaan said on Thursday and asserted that the policies of the Congress scion opened the doors for Narendra Modi’s victory New Delhi: Decisions taken by Rahul Gandhi led to divisions within the opposition, CPI national secretary Atul Kumar Anjaan said on Thursday and asserted …

How BJP, Congress hope to benefit from the rise of a Hindu vote bank in Kerala
5 years, 8 months ago

How BJP, Congress hope to benefit from the rise of a Hindu vote bank in Kerala

Live Mint  

Will the 2019 general elections show the rise of a Hindu vote bank in Kerala, benefitting the Bharatiya Janata Party? The Congress party, on the other hand, expects the rise of a Hindu vote bank to benefit it more than the BJP. “A significant surge in vote shares for the BJP, proving a split of Kerala’s bipolar vote banks to …

Opinion | Sabarimala lends a third dimension to Kerala polls
5 years, 8 months ago

Opinion | Sabarimala lends a third dimension to Kerala polls

Live Mint  

On election day in Kerala, when the sun rose from beyond the eastern mountains, it cast the long shadow of a small hill and a temple on top of it, Sabarimala, over its political landscape. A state whose subjects are neatly wired in binaries — in films, it is Mohanlal and Mammootty, for the soccer-crazy, it still is, Brazil and …

BJP Manifesto promises to secure and protect faith, traditions and rituals related to Sabarimala
5 years, 9 months ago

BJP Manifesto promises to secure and protect faith, traditions and rituals related to Sabarimala

Op India  

On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the BJP’s election manifesto for 2019 Lok Sabha polls at the party’s Delhi headquarters. The Communist Kerala government faced massive protests after it deliberately allowed politically motivated ‘activists’ to enter the shrine and violate age-old customs while arresting Hindu devotees to keep them away from entering the Sabarimala shrine. In a deliberate attempt …

BJP does not see Sabarimala as a political wedge in Kerala
5 years, 10 months ago

BJP does not see Sabarimala as a political wedge in Kerala

Live Mint  

Thiruvananthapuram: The Sabarimala controversy was supposed to have become a major wedge for the Bharatiya Janata Party in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Kerala. BJP state president P S Sreedharan Pillai, who had earlier said Sabarimala was a golden opportunity for the party to grow in Kerala, said on Tuesday the temple issue was not its main poll plank in …

Sabarimala row: Temple board, Kerala govt oppose pleas seeking review of verdict allowing entry to women
5 years, 11 months ago

Sabarimala row: Temple board, Kerala govt oppose pleas seeking review of verdict allowing entry to women

India TV News  

Travancore Devaswom Board, which runs Sabarimala temple, and the Kerala government on Wednesday opposed in the Supreme Court a batch of pleas seeking review of its historic verdict allowing entry of women of all ages into the shrine, even as several organisations sought re-consideration of the judgement. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, which had earlier …

Apex court reserves judgement on challenge to Sabarimala ruling
5 years, 11 months ago

Apex court reserves judgement on challenge to Sabarimala ruling

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its verdict on a challenge to its ruling allowing entry of women of all ages into the Sabarimala temple in Kerala. However, the Left Democratic Front, which is in power in the state, has said it will enforce the Supreme Court verdict allowing the entry of women. On Wednesday, a Constitution bench headed by …

Sabarimala: Supreme Court to begin hearing review petitions starting today; 4 women seek to become party to case
5 years, 11 months ago

Sabarimala: Supreme Court to begin hearing review petitions starting today; 4 women seek to become party to case

Firstpost  

Four women have moved the Supreme Court seeking to intervene as parties in support of its last September’s historic judgment which allowed women of all age groups into Sabarimala temple in Kerala. New Delhi: Four women have moved the Supreme Court seeking to intervene as parties in support of its last September’s historic judgment which allowed women of all age …

Daily Bulletin: Sabarimala case in SC; Trump delivers State of the Union address; fuel prices decline; day's top stories
5 years, 11 months ago

Daily Bulletin: Sabarimala case in SC; Trump delivers State of the Union address; fuel prices decline; day's top stories

Firstpost  

Day’s top stories: The Supreme Court will begin hearing review petitions against its September 2018 verdict on Sabarimala issue; Robert Vadra is likely to appear before ED in money laundering case; Donald Trump’s State of the Union address will focus on issues like immigration, national security and trade and call for unity; and more. Robert Vadra may appear before ED …

Narendra Modi in Kerala sets Sabarimala agenda for LS polls: BJP senses huge potential to make inroads into minority vote bank
5 years, 11 months ago

Narendra Modi in Kerala sets Sabarimala agenda for LS polls: BJP senses huge potential to make inroads into minority vote bank

Firstpost  

BJP workers in Kerala sought to use the Sabarimala protests to trigger a Hindu consolidation that they failed to achieve through the hardline Hindutva politics. The virulent attack launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Left Democratic Front government and the Congress on the Sabarimala issue during his two visits to Kerala within a span of a fortnight indicates …

Sabarimala Row: Controversy erupts over Kerala affidavit in Supreme Court
5 years, 11 months ago

Sabarimala Row: Controversy erupts over Kerala affidavit in Supreme Court

India TV News  

Controversy erupted in Kerala after the CPI-led LDF government on Friday submitted an affidavit in the Supreme Court claiming 51 women in menstrual age entered the Sabarimala temple during the ongoing annual pilgrimage season. The BJP, the Sabarimala Karma Samiti and the Pandalam royal family, associated with the Lord Ayyappa temple, came down heavily on the state government saying there …

Politics at play
5 years, 11 months ago

Politics at play

The Hindu  

It took more than three months after the Supreme Court declared the bar on women in the 10-50 age group at the Sabarimala temple as unconstitutional for two young women to finally get into the shrine, during the night of the New Year, with their faces covered and with the support of specially tasked policemen in plain clothes. The temple …

Sabarimala row props up BJP in Kerala, but Rahul ahead in PM race, finds PSE poll
5 years, 11 months ago

Sabarimala row props up BJP in Kerala, but Rahul ahead in PM race, finds PSE poll

India Today  

A non-entity in Kerala politics till some months ago, the Bharatiya Janata Party seems to have emerged as a new force in the southern state ruled by the Left Democratic Front, India Today's Political Stock Exchange reveals. According to the Axis-My-India survey for India Today, as high as 45 per cent of voters believe the saffron party has emerged as …

Sabarimala temple row: CPM, BJP trade charges on violence in Kerala; UN calls for respecting rule of law
6 years ago

Sabarimala temple row: CPM, BJP trade charges on violence in Kerala; UN calls for respecting rule of law

Firstpost  

The violent protests which erupted across Kerala this week over the Sabarimala temple controversy sparked off a number of reactions on Twitter. The violent protests which erupted across Kerala this week over the Sabarimala temple controversy sparked off a number of reactions on Twitter, with some calling for respecting the sentiments of the devotees and some others criticising the earlier …

Kerala MP Urges Centre To Bring In Legislation to Overcome SC's Sabarimala Verdict
6 years ago

Kerala MP Urges Centre To Bring In Legislation to Overcome SC's Sabarimala Verdict

Live Law  

A Member of Parliament from Kerala, last week, urged the Central Government to bring in legislative measures to overcome the Supreme Court verdict permitting entry of women of all ages into Sabarimala shrine. Even though Hon'ble Court's verdict was for espousing gender. Even though Hon'ble Court's verdict was for espousing gender equality, overwhelming majority of the protesters against the verdict …

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