Situation at Sabarimala worse than emergency: KJ Alphons

Minister of State for Tourism KJ Alphons on Monday said that the situation at Kerala's Sabarimala temple is "worse than an emergency". Criticising the Kerala government of running a "dictatorship", he said that "Section 144 is imposed for no reason" in Sabarimala. "Devotees are not terrorists, why do they need 15,000 policemen here?" he further said.