Union Law Minister

Shashi Tharoor

Sabarimala issue

Narendra Modi

Govt hides behind SupremeCourt on #Sabarimala, even though in 2018 it passed a constitutional amendment to overturn… https://t.co/o1whfjiwNl — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) 1562138175000

Kerala

: The Centre is reportedly not considering to draft a legislation soon to sidestep Supreme Court judgement of 2018 which paved way for menstruating women to offer worship at Sabarimala shrine.According to sources,Ravi Shankar Prasad, while responding to a query from Thiruvananthapuram MP, disclosed the matter is sub-judice before the SC thereby suggesting that the Centre is not considering drafting a legislation onin the immediate future.Shashi Tharoor's query was "whether the Centre is considering or is in the process of drafting any legislation, including an amendment to the Constitution, to overturn the judgement of the SC." He was not pleased with the law minister's answer as he cried foul over the Centre's failure to walk the talk.As even Prime Minister, during the Lok Sabha election rally in Kozhikode, affirmed that the Bharatiya Janata Party stands with the faith and it will never allow to destroy the tradition, Shashi Tharoor retorted that BJP's Sabarimala campaign was a fraud on the people and that it was not interested in protecting custom practised in the shrine.An active social media user Tharoor on Wednesday expressed his displeasure through the following tweet:Tharoor and his Congress party colleagues in, along with the BJP, have been against entry of menstruating women into the shrine. Early this year Tharoor was reported as saying, "We are in favour of women empowerment but women's entry (into Sabarimala) was a provocative act."The ruling LDF on the other hand promptly came out in support of the landmark judgement of the Supreme Court and two young women - Bindu Ammini and Kanakadurga managed to offer worship in the shrine amid widespread opposition protests, post the judgement.