Bangalore: Kannada actor-turned-director Jaimala, who is in the eye of a storm after confessing to entering the sanctum sanctorum of the
Sabarimala hill shrine in Kerala, got some solid backing from the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Friday.
When the issue was raised during zero hour by Congress member S S Patil, Legislators, cutting across party lines, supported Jaimala and criticised the 'anti-women' practices at the famed temple.
The issue even saw Vatal Nagaraj of the Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha staging a walkout.
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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