A day after BJP President Amit Shah criticised the Supreme Court verdict allowing women of all ages to the Sabrimala temple, the opposition hit back saying his “frivolous and ignorant” comments not only insulted the apex court but also exposed who was behind the violence in the temple area.
While the Congress accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership of gradually “diluting and decimating” India’s institutions, the CPI-M said Shah’s threat to throw out the Kerala government was another display of his anti-democratic and authoritarian attitude.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) urged the Supreme Court to take cognisance of the BJP chief’s comments while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) accused him of creating anarchy.Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that Shah, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government, had only one objective — “to progressively, slowly, surely, steadily, but 100 per cent certainly, decimate, dilute and truncate institutions which have been built up by careful nurturing of over 70 of our Independence.