Nov 18, 2018 12:10:55 (IST)
Amid mounting tension in Kerala over the issue of women's entry into Sabarimala temple, the Congress today accused the CPI(M)-led state government of creating a 'terror-like atmosphere' in the name of security of the hill shrine. "The Sabarimala Sannidhanam has virtually turned into a fortress, where the entry of devotees of Lord Ayyappa are being restricted," former minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, who is also a legislator, told reporters in Pathanamthitta. "The government, using the police force, is creating a terror-like atmosphere in the name of ensuring security of the Lord Ayyappa shrine," he alleged.