The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church on Monday launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, accusing him of taking sides in the ongoing dispute between two factions of the Malankara Church.
Addressing the media here on Monday, the Church leadership said it was so unbecoming of a Chief Minister to make out-of-the-way offers to one faction just for the sake of receiving applause. The issue pertained to a speech by Mr. Vijayan while attending a meeting at Puthencruz the other day.
Contending that Mr. Vijayan’s remarks were part of a deliberate attempt to create trouble despite a resolution of the matter by the Supreme Court, they warned that it further threatened to plunge the Church back into prolonged legal battles.
