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BJP Warns Pinarayi, Stalin Against Attending Kerala’s Global Ayyappa Sangamam

The September 20 Pampa conclave, billed as a global gathering tied to Sabarimala’s development plan, now faces opposition citing the 2018 controversy.

Devotees throng Kerala’s Sabarimala temple, dedicated to the god Ayyappa | ANI
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Kerala BJP President Rajiv Chandrasekhar (photo:X)

Overview

  • Kerala and the Travancore Devaswom Board have scheduled the Global Ayyappa Sangamam at Pampa on September 20, with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to inaugurate it.
  • Devaswom Minister V. N. Vasavan formally invited Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin as chief guest, with organisers projecting participation by spiritual leaders and delegates from multiple countries.
  • Event planners cite a 3,000-delegate turnout and a 1,001-member committee, positioning the meet to showcase Sabarimala and discuss a three-phase, Rs 1,033-crore master plan on infrastructure, crowd management and ecology.
  • Kerala BJP chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar demanded apologies from Vijayan and Stalin, withdrawal of Sabarimala-related cases, and warned of organised resistance to their attendance.
  • Analysts and party leaders frame the conclave as politically significant before local-body and Assembly elections, reviving tensions from the 2018 Supreme Court verdict and the protests that followed.