Cong's quiet mission to NSS Hq

Senior Congress leader and Kottayam MLA Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan met with G. Sukumaran Nair at the Nair Service Society headquarters in Perunna on Tuesday, but he declined to reveal the substance of their discussion. The meeting draws attention amid tensions over the NSS's recent articulated support for the Left Democratic Front on the Sabarimala issue.

- HD Bureau

Sukumaran Nair has recently voiced that the LDF government had corrected its earlier position regarding restrictions on young women entering Sabarimala and that the community organisation welcomed that move. He also trenchantly criticised both the Congress and the BJP for lacking a firm stance on temple traditions. These statements have spurred a wave of media speculation about the NSS drifting closer to the Left.

However, Nair insists that the NSS remains committed to its policy of "samad-