BJP leader M T Ramesh has come forward requesting the authority to give the rights to light ‘Makarajyothi’ to Malayaraya tribe.

“This has given the BJP protests a new face. He also alleged that the devaswom board took this right from the Malayaraya tribe saying technical reasons. Malayaraya devotees had performed the rituals with devotion, however devaswom board is just observing this as daily event. LDF government should consider the demands of Malayaraya tribe. The government had gone to arrestthe Malayaraya tribal people in 2011”, said M T Ramesh in his Facebook post.