K'taka Assembly backs Jayamala

By Staff
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Bangalore, June 30 (UNI) Kannada actress Jayamala, who is in the eye of a storm after confessing to entering the sanctum sanctorum of the Sabarimala Ayyappa hill shrine in Kerala, got strong support from the Karnataka Legislative Assembly today.

When the issue was raised during zero hour by Congress member S S Patil, Legislators, cutting across party lines, supported her and criticised the ''anti-women'' practices at the famed temple.

Mr Vatal Nagaraj of the Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha staged a walkout on the issue.

Mr Patil described the curbs on women visiting the temple as an ''insult to the entire womenfolk and nothing but practising untouchability.'' He demanded that the issue of allowing women into the temple be referred to the Centre.

Considering the seriousness of the issue, he sought a half an hour discussion on the subject on Monday, which was allowed by Speaker Krishna.

When some members objected to raising the issue in the House as it was connected to the Kerala Government, senior Congress leader Mallikarjuna Kharge intervened and said it was a sensitive issue.

Such discrimination against women, particularly a 'Kannadiga,' should be discussed on the floor of the House, he stressed, wondering why Kerala, claiming to be a progressive State, was continuing with such practices.

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