BSNL Woman Staffer Forced Into Retirement For Trying To Enter Sabarimala
Rehana Fathima was once arrested on her option to Sabarimala in October, 2018 (Document)
Kochi, Kerala:
BSNL has ordered obligatory retirement for its worker and activist Rehana Fathima, who had tried to go into the Lord Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala, for her “intentional” act of outraging the non secular emotions of devotees thru social media posts.
Ms Fathima, a telecom technician with the BSNL, was once suspended from carrier following her arrest in November 2018 for allegedly hurting non secular sentiments thru her Fb posts.
Condemning the verdict, the activist mentioned she would problem the obligatory retirement order issued by way of the corporate on the suitable discussion board. She alleged political intervention in the back of the verdict, whilst chatting with newshounds.
In its order issued to Ms Fathima, the corporate mentioned it took the verdict after carrying out an inner inquiry on her habits.
The corporate mentioned there have been many agitations towards access of girls into the temple right through the Sabarimala pilgrimage season in 2018 and right through this era, Rehana Fathima, “being a lady BSNL worker performed herself in a way that had ended in a legal case being filed towards her and her next arrest.”
“An respectable running in BSNL is all the time anticipated to habits in the most productive pursuits of BSNL. Therefore, such acts at the a part of Fathima AS are subversive of self-discipline and quantity to misconduct,” the corporate mentioned in its order issued to Ms Fathima.
“I in finding that the acts at the a part of Rehana Fathima have been intentional and no longer unintended,” Deputy Basic Supervisor (Tax/ITA and City) mentioned within the order.
The activist was once arrested in Pathanamthitta in 2018 on a criticism that a few of her Fb posts harm non secular sentiments.
Making an allowance for the protest towards her by way of devotees of Lord Ayyappa and BJP activists, the BSNL had previous transferred her to the Palarivattom phone trade within the town the place public touch isn’t required.
An argument had erupted in Kerala after Rehana Fathima made an try to go into the Sabarimala temple when it was once opened for per month puja in October, 2018 following the Ultimate Court docket order permitting access of girls within the age team of 10-50.
Rehana Fathima and a journalist have been arrested after they reached the hilltop on October 19 after large protests by way of devotees.
On September 28, 2018 the highest courtroom had lifted the centuries-old ban at the access of girls of menstrual age into the shrine.
