KOTTAYAM: P.K. Narayana Panicker, general secretary, Nair Service Society (NSS), has said that it was the differences of opinion on the part of the NSS and the Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam over the alleged corruption in the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) which wrecked the unity among the two organisations.

In a statement which names none, but apparently is a rejoinder to the attack mounted by SNDP Yogam general secretary Vellappally Natesan on the issue on Tuesday, Mr. Panicker said that while the NSS maintained that there should be an appropriate investigation into the whole matter as it affected the entire Hindu community, the SNDP Yogam general secretary was of opinion that there was no corruption at all. It was this difference, which led to the ruination of the unity between the two organisations, Mr. Panicker said. The NSS chief said that latter events proved the NSS right. Since the matter was pending before the court, it was not proper to raise a controversy over the issue, he said.

Mr. Panicker said leaders of other communities had no right to criticise the working of the NSS. Those who cast aspersions on the organisation and its leaders were doing so either because of their ignorance of the administrative system of the organisation or of the relationship the organisation has with the community, he said.

The administration of the NSS was run by the general secretary on the basis of the decisions of the Director Board and the Executive Council. The assistant secretary was elected as per the constitution of the organisation.

Mr. Panicker welcomed the steps the State Government had taken regarding the corruption in the TDB. He also welcomed the move on the part of the Government to constitute the Malabar Devaswom Board which he believed would help uplift Hindu temples and temple employees of the region.

Printer friendly page  
Send this article to Friends by E-Mail