Days after Keralam Chief Minister VD Satheesan criticised Islamic scholar Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar over his remarks on women, the Samastha EK faction’s mouthpiece, Suprabhatham, launched a pointy assault on the Chief Minister, accusing him of double requirements.
In an editorial titled “Converse with Decency”, the newspaper likened Satheesan’s interpretation of Kanthapuram’s remarks to a blind man describing an elephant after touching just one a part of it, suggesting that his place was formed by a partial account given by some members of the Muslim neighborhood.
The editorial argued that Kanthapuram had expressed his spiritual place earlier than an viewers of believers and stated Satheesan had criticised him with out properly understanding the Islamic perspective.
EDITORIAL QUESTIONS SATHEESAN’S STAND ON WOMEN
Suprabhatham questioned Satheesan’s consistency on girls’s rights, declaring that he had opposed the entry of girls of menstruating age into the Sabarimala temple however was now talking extensively about girls’s freedom.
The editorial additionally focused him over his place on the Munambam land dispute. It famous that Satheesan had declared that the disputed land was not Waqf property though the matter was being heard by a tribunal.
It additional criticised his remarks on the PM SHRI scheme. Satheesan had argued that the federal government couldn’t withdraw from the scheme after signing an settlement, though his authorities had appointed a subcommittee to look at the problem.
INDIRECT PRAISE FOR RAMESH CHENNITHALA
The editorial additionally appeared to distinction Satheesan with Dwelling Minister Ramesh Chennithala.
It stated that if KC Venugopal’s title had not entered the dialogue over the Congress’s chief ministerial candidate, the competition would have been between Satheesan and Chennithala. It instructed Chennithala would have been chosen due to his extra accommodating nature.
Taking a swipe at Satheesan’s frequent references to his studying habits, the editorial stated: “Satheesan reads 75 pages a day, however he has not written a novel but. Ramesh Chennithala has not stated what number of pages he reads a day, however he has written a novel.”
It additionally remarked that it was uncommon for a politician to stay outdoors the federal government regardless of serving a number of phrases as an MLA, together with when the UDF was in energy, in what could possibly be seen as a dig at Satheesan’s lack of ministerial expertise.
ROW OVER KANTHAPURAM’S REMARKS
The controversy erupted after Kanthapuram advised an Islamic convention in Kochi that bringing girls onto public platforms would result in “nice destruction”, including that Islam prescribed purdah to forestall such a scenario.
Satheesan strongly opposed the remarks, saying they ran counter to Islamic historical past in addition to the progressive values of recent Kerala. He pointed to Khadija, the Prophet Muhammad’s first spouse and a outstanding businesswoman, and Aisha, who performed a number one position within the Battle of the Camel, as examples of Muslim girls taking part in public life.
“We strongly oppose expressing such a Nineteenth-century view within the twenty first century. Our progressive place is that girls aren’t meant to stay confined to their houses,” the Keralam CM stated.
His feedback, nevertheless, drew criticism from sections of the Muslim spiritual management. A delegation from the Kanthapuram-led faction later met Satheesan and accused him of misreading Islamic historical past.
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