Sreeja, a Welfare Party Kerala’s secretary, has criticised the LDF for not fielding any woman candidate in the Assembly by-election.
FB note (translation):
“I saw the list of LDF candidates…Five youths…Good. But one doubt…Should women only climb Sabarimala? They may be untouchables in Assembly, isn’t it?

Those who came out to build women’s wall in the name of renaissance politics could have included at least one woman in the candidate list…You can’t, isn’t it? Women are needed only for building wall…isn’t it?
Hey comrades, renaissance should not be only for addressing discrimination against women in Sabarimala temple entry but it should also be for creating a political situation to give women access to Legislative assembly. Among the candidates, there is not a single woman and all five are men.. What can this be called other than gender discrimination?”