Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday (August 28, 2025) appeared to dial down his threat to muster “party workers and Hindus in strength” to prevent Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and his Kerala counterpart, Pinarayi Vijayan, from “setting foot” at Sabarimala to attend the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB)-sponsored Global Ayyappa Sanghamam at Pampa on September 10, unless the two leaders publicly apologised for “disparaging” the Hindu faith.
Speaking to reporters in Thiruvananthapuram, Mr Chandrasekharan said threats, intimidation and violence were part of the CPI(M) toolkit, not the BJP’s.
