Overview
- Sasthamcotta Police in Kollam registered an FIR after a Pookkalam outside Sri Parthasarathy Temple featured an RSS flag alongside the phrase “Operation Sindoor.”
- Officials stated the case pertains to the use of party symbols in the floral design, not the words “Operation Sindoor,” which had been allowed.
- The FIR names about 27 individuals, including two RSS workers, and alleges an attempt to provoke tensions by erecting a flagpole and flex boards.
- Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar called the FIR “shameful and seditious” and urged its immediate withdrawal, terming it an insult to terror victims and soldiers.
- Police cited previous CPI(M)–BJP clashes in the area as the basis for instructing participants to avoid party flags in the temple festivities.