Gulag was a system of forced labour camps established during Joseph Stalin's rule in the Soviet Union.
BJP
President Amit
Shah Tuesday slammed the Pinarayi Vijayan government's handling
of the situation in Sabarimala as "disappointing" and
accused the Kerala government of treating pilgrims as "Gulag
inmates" and making them spend nights next to "pig
droppings".
Asserting
that his party stands firmly with every Ayyappa devotee who holds the
Sabarimala tradition close to his heart, the BJP
President said his party will not let the LDF "crush people's
faith with impunity".
In
a series of tweets, Shah said, "If several reports of flushing
resting places for devotees and them having to spend nights next to
pig droppings and dustbin are true, then Pinarayi Vijayan must
realize that he can't treat Ayyappa devotees like inmates of Gulag.
We won't let LDF crush people's faith with impunity," the BJP
chief said.
Gulag
was a system of forced labour camps established during Joseph
Stalin's rule in the Soviet Union.
Shah's
comments underlined his party's support to devotees protesting
against the state government's move to implement a Supreme Court
order lifting the bar on women of menstruating age from visiting the
temple.
The
Left Democratic Front (LDF) has accused the BJP of politicising the
court order with the chief minister asserting that it is the job of a
government to implement the apex court's order.
Shah
said the way Pinarayi Vijayan's government is handling the sensitive
issue of Sabarimala
is disappointing as the "Kerala police is treating young girls,
mothers and aged inhumanly, forcing them to take the arduous
pilgrimage, without even basic facilities like food, water, shelter
and clean toilets".
"If
Pinarayi Vijayan thinks he can rise against people's movement to
preserve Sabarimala by arresting K Surendran, BJP's Thrissur district
president and six others, then he is mistaken," Shah said.
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