Overview

• Pinarayi Vijayan said threats would not halt the programme and stressed it is a Travancore Devaswom Board initiative, not a government event.
• BJP state chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar dialed down earlier warnings, saying the party has no issue with the TDB holding the meet while calling it politically driven.
• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin declined the invitation and deputed ministers P.K. Sekarbabu and Palanivel Thiaga Rajan to attend.
• A petition filed in the Kerala High Court challenges alleged government involvement in the conclave as unconstitutional.
• Organisers expect roughly 3,000 delegates, even as the Congress and several Hindu outfits publicly oppose the event.