New Delhi: A four-member BJP delegation formed by party chief Amit Shah will visit the Sabarimala temple to meet the public and party workers in order to assess the atrocities allegedly being committed against the "satyagrahis".
The delegation was constituted by Shah Tuesday to get a first-hand account of the ongoing agitation at the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala. It will submit its report within 15 days to the party chief, BJP said in a statement.
BJP general secretary Saroj Pandey, national president of the party's SC morcha Vinod Sonkar, MPs Pralhad Joshi and Nalin Kumar Kateel are the members of the delegation.
The delegation will assess the atrocities allegedly being committed to the "satyagrahis", the indiscriminate assets being made by the police during the agitation and meet the public and party workers, the statement said.
The hill shrine had been witnessing protests by devotees and right wing groups against the government's decision to implement the September 28 Supreme Court verdict, permitting women of all age groups to pray at the temple.
Since the apex court verdict, no woman or girl in the traditionally barred age group of 10-50 has been able to set foot in the hallowed precincts of the shrine.
The Ayyappa temple was opened on November 16 for the over two-month-long Mandala-makaravilakku pilgrimage season amid tension.
Tension, frequent protests and restrictions imposed by police at the complex and surroundings had kept pilgrims away from Sabarimala, but their numbers have slowly picked up.
