Sabarimala row HIGHLIGHTS: Delhi women support ‘Women’s wall’ campaign, demonstrate outside Kerala House

Lakhs of women from various walks of life would be participating in the 620 km-long state-sponsored “Women’s wall” campaign stretching from the northern tip of Kasaragod to the southern end in Thiruvananthapuram Tuesday to uphold gender equality and renaissance values.The “Women’s wall” was conceived in the backdrop of frenzied protests witnessed in the hill shrine of Lord Ayyappa at Sabarimala after the CPI(M)-led LDF government decided to implement the Supreme Court verdict, allowing all women to pray at the Ayyappa shrine.Here are the highlights:

7:50 pm IST

Women across Kerala stand in line

Women raise their hands to take a pledge to fight gender discrimination as they form part of a hundreds kilometer long "women's wall" in Thiruvananthapuram, in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Tuesday. ( AP Photo )

7:25 pm IST

Delhi women extend support to ‘Women’s wall’ campaign

A group of women in New Delhi on Tuesday expressed solidarity with protesters in Kerala who formed a ‘Women’s wall’, demanding gender equality and justice for all.

The demonstration was held outside Kerala House in New Delhi in Jantar Mantar where members of National Federation of Indian Women held placards saying, “Equality and Justice is Women’s Constitutional Right”.

6:55 pm IST

Will go to any extent to protect Ayyappa temple customs:NSS

Hitting out at Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over the Sabarimala issue, an outfit of Kerala’s forward Nair community Tuesday said it would go to any extent to protect the customs of the Lord Ayyappa temple.

A day after Vijayan flayed the Nair Service Society for its ‘double standards’ on the ‘Women’s Wall’, the outfit’s general secretary G Sukumaran Nair said the ‘wall’ sponsored by the government would divide the people of the state on the basis of caste.

6:32 pm IST

WATCH: Lakhs of women form 620 km-long ‘wall’ in Kerala

6:25 pm IST

Guinness press conference at 7 pm

Guinness officials to hold press conference at 7 pm about the women’s wall.

5:45 pm IST

CPI(M)-RSS workers clash in Kasargode

There were incidents of violence in Kasargode after CPI(M) and RSS workers clashed. Police used stun grenades and resort to baton charge to disperse the warring groups.

The Women’s Wall was attacked, allegedly by some BJP-RSS workers, at Chettukund in Kasaragod district Tuesday as they lined up at the National Highway here to form the human chain.

5:00 pm IST

A historic day: Brinda Karat

“It is a historic day for the women of the state. Some forces are out to push the state again to the dark era but women won’t allow this,” said Brinda Karat while addressing a public meeting after the wall.

4:55 pm IST

CPI(M) politburo member Brinda Karat at end of wall

CPI(M) politburo member Brinda Karat was the last person at the end of the wall in Thiruvananthapuram

4:52 pm IST

State health minister K K Shailaja leads wall

State health minister KK Shailaja led the wall at Kasargode (north Kerala).

4:50 pm IST

Lakhs come together to form 620 km-long ‘Women’s wall’

Lakhs of women across Kerala lined up from one end of the state to the other to form a women’s wall on Tuesday and took a pledge not to push the state to the era of darkness again and uphold gender equality and renaissance values.

4:35 pm IST

CM Pinarayi Vijayan to inaugurate Women’s Wall

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is set to inaugurate the Women Wall program later today, according to news agency ANI.

The participants were expected to gather at the designated centres on Tuesday at 3:30 pm, when a rehearsal would be held. The Wall will soon be formed, with participants taking a pledge to uphold gender equality and renaissance values.

4:25 pm IST

Women Wall not ‘referendum’: K Balakrishnan

Ahead of the inauguration of Women Wall program in Thiruvananthapuram today, CPM State Secretary K Balakrishnan has said that the women wall was not a “referendum” on the Sabarimala verdict.

“Women Wall isn’t a referendum on Sabarimala verdict. Government fund is not being used for it. Those who support gender equality can join the women chain,” Balakrishnan said at a press conference.

4:00 pm IST

Lakhs to form ‘Women’s wall’

Lakhs of women from various walks of life would be participating in the 620 km-long state-sponsored “Women’s wall” campaign to uphold gender equality and renaissance values.