Women's entry in Sabarimala not a govt order: Kerala minister

Kottayam/T'puram: Kerala law minister P Rajeev said on Monday that the state govt still has time to clarify its stand on the issue of women entering the Sabarimala temple, and that the matter cannot be reduced to a "yes or no" answer. "Several constitutional complications are involved in it. All aspects need to be considered," Rajeev said. He added that govt's action at the time of the earlier controversy was in compliance with the SC verdict. "It was not a govt order ... The apex court verdict is naturally binding," he said. Asked whether govt would support or seek a modification of the practice, Rajeeve said faith and social reform must go together and that this was govt's stand in its affidavit before the court.