India, Sept. 7 -- Senior BJP leader V Muraleedharan on Saturday said Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his Government should apologise to Ayyappa devotees before organising the Global Ayyappa Sangamam.
He also condemned the Travancore Devaswom Board's (TDB) decision to invite DMK ministers to the summit, calling them opponents of "Sanatana Dharma." "The state government and Chief Minister should first apologise for taking a stand to alter traditions at Sabarimala earlier. They should also apologise for calling some devotees fake after they had to return without completing the pilgrimage," he told reporters here. He wanted the state government to initiate steps to implement the Sabarimala master plan. "The state government, which has done...