BJP, Sangh Parivar outfits trying to exploit Sabarimala issue:

The CPI Friday alleged that the BJP and other Sangh Parivar outfits were trying to expand their base in Kerala by exploiting the issue of entry of women of menstrual age into Sabarimala temple.

CPI General Secretary S Sudhakar Reddy accused the BJP and Sangh Parivar people of perpetrating violence in the name of opposing the entry of women into Lord Ayyappa Swamy temple.

Speaking to reporters here, he said they were trying to expand their base in Kerala by exploiting the issue of entry of women of menstrual age into Sabarimala temple.

"They are against women.. As per Manu dharma shastra, they are trying to suppress women in the country. As part of it, they started this type of attacks," he said.

Alleging that BJP-RSS elements were trying to take advantage of the sentiments of some people in the name of tradition, he said, "They say it is a tradition. But this started only in 1991."
Targetting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks in an interview over the federal front proposed by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, he said, "Modi lied as if he was not aware of the front."