As per report five days after the Supreme Court ruled that women will be allowed to enter the Sabarimala temple, the RSS made its stance on the issue clear. Meanwhile the RSS called the Kerala government's move to not file a review petition on the Supreme Court order allowing women of all ages to enter the Sabarimala temple as "unfortunate" and called upon all the stakeholders to come together to address the issue.
RSS General Secretary Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi said in a statement "In the case of Sabarimala Devasthanam, it is an issue of a local temple tradition and faith, to which sentiments of millions of devotees, including women, are attached as these sentiments of the devotees cannot be ignored while considering the judgment". He added "The Kerala government has taken steps to implement the judgment with immediate effect without taking the sentiments of the devotees into consideration".
He said after the Supreme Court ruling, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi
Vijayan had said that the state government will not file a review petition on
the Supreme Court order allowing women of all ages to enter the Sabarimala
temple, “Being a law-abiding state, we have to go by the SC verdict and take
the steps necessary to implement the same".
