THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress-led opposition UDF disrupted proceedings in Kerala Assembly for the third consecutive day demanding discussion on the Sabarimala row. As soon as the day began, leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala requested Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan to scrap the Question Hour. He demanded the Speaker to take up their notice for an adjournment motion over lack of infrastructure facilities in Sabarimala and the difficulties faced by pilgrims there. Sreeramakrishnan, however, said the 60-minute-long Question Hour was a slot to discuss issues of people and scrapping it would amount to "challenging" the general public. The speaker also said that Sabarimala issue can be discussed as first submission. However, the opposition did not agree to this.
"Entry of women into the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala is a significant subject. But, we cannot go on discussing this topic only," the Speaker said.