Temple entry under cover of darkness an "act of cowardice":

Eminent space scientist G Madhavan Nair, who recently joined the BJP, Friday termed as an "act of cowardice," the entry of two women in menstrual age into the Sabarimala temple.

Nair, who had served as Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation, said the LDF government should focus on rebuilding Kerala after the devastating floods last year that left a trail of destruction on a massive scale.

"The government is totally wasting its energy on a totally trivial issue (Sabarimala)," he told PTI. "Lot of damages have happened in Kerala following the flood.

Reconstruction and rehabilitation activities are progressing at a snail's pace. They should instead attend to those things."
"This an act of cowardice," Nair said on the entry into the Lord Ayyappa shrine two days ago by two women in their 40s, and termed it as "government-sponsored."
On the practice of barring women of menstruating age from entering the Ayyappa temple, he said "It's a practice, tradition of the people and devotees who are there and one has to respect that. I don't think there is any constitutionality involved in that."