On Friday, the BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi in Lok Sabha launched a blistering attack on the callous communist regime of Kerala and the so-called activists who are playing with sentiments and devotion of Bhagwan Ayyappa devotees. The Communist regime and anti-Hindu activists have converted Kerala into a battleground over the issue of Sabarimala.
During the Zero Hour, BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi raised the issue of Sabarimala Temple and said, “This conversation and this narrative is not coming from people who understand Hinduism nor do they know the practices of rituals. From Kamakhya to Chengaloor, the Goddess is worshipped as rajaswala, in the menstruating form. That is what Hinduism is. So, we have space for everything.” She also added, “We agree to the extent that rituals of a particular sect need to be kept in that form… Ritualistic practices practiced by certain religious groups need to be left alone. And this is what tolerance is all about.”
Meenakshi Lekhi also attacked the Supreme Court in her speech. She said, “Here is a form of God which is celibate in nature. Should women impose themselves? And it is about spiritually and physically training men. Because for 41 days they have to observe abstinence. Will the court decide that 41 days of period should be reduced to 28 days or 30 days or 20 days? It is not court’s business.”
She asked the Supreme Court, “Will Supreme Court decide how the birth of Jesus took place? Will the Supreme Court decide which body should be buried and which body should be burnt?”
Meenakshi Lekhi further stated, “This is not a question of civil rights… And these are people who are in the name of feminist rights are actually transgressing. They are not followers of Ayyappa. These are anti-religious people. They have the right to be anti-religious. But they have no right to transgress.”
In her speech, Meenakshi Lekhi also took a jibe at those spreading malicious narrative that is being peddled by the so-called activists. She stated, “I feel a certain kind of narrative is being set in this country where men are made to feel small and anti-feminist if they pass any order which is logically correct, though religion cannot be seen from any logical angle.” She mentioned that there are deities who are worshipped in their menstruating form and also said, “We have a space for everything and one such ritual in a small temple like Sabarimala has its own ritualistic practices.”
She further added, “One person has died because of stone-pelting. The state government is squarely responsible for their deaths. Guruswamy, one among four of those worshippers, had committed suicide. You are actually doing things to provoke (the) community. You are leading to a particular anarchical form.”
Meenakshi Lekhi in her speech accused the Communist government of Kerala for “refusing to maintain law and order”, and said it was acting to provoke Hindu community. Meenakshi Lekhi rightly observed that Kerala government “is acting in a manner where it transports two women in an ambulance and surreptitiously takes them as a transgender.”
The Congress MP from Kerala K C Venugopal also echoed the similar sentiments. He was wearing a black armband in order to show solidarity with Bhagwan Ayyappa devotees. ‘Black Day’ is being observed in Kerala after two women entered inside the temple clandestinely.
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