Kerala’s Communist Govt Wants To Take Over Temple Recruitment

Reproduced with permission from Swarajya Magazine. Source: http://swarajyamag.com/culture/ldf-temple-tantrums-new-kerala-government-push-to-strip-devaswom-boards-off-recruitment-powers

The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in Kerala has decided to hand over temple recruitment, with the exception of those performing rituals, to the Public Service Commission (PSC), and dissolve the Devaswom Recruitment Board.

This will effectively rein in powers of four devaswom boards in Guruvayur, Travancore, Malabar and Cochin managing nearly 3,000 temples.

The State Cabinet yesterday introduced a bill in the Kerala Assembly to facilitate recruitment from a common eligibility list to be prepared by the PSC, in other words, usurping the rights of the Kerala Devaswom Recruitment Board.