Addressing media persons here on Thursday, Catholicate Baselios Mar Thoma Paulose II, the Supreme Head of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church (MOSC), accused the government of siding with the Jacobite faction. “For two years after the Supreme Court order, this government has chosen not to act and maintained that it is not a party in the case. All the promises given to the church by this government during the previous election time have turned hollow and when it came to the Piravom church issue, the government took a U-turn for reasons best known to it, he said. Regarding the negotiation initiated by a Cabinet sub-committee, the Catholicate said the church would be open to any discussion only after implementing the existing court order. Commenting on the issue, Biju Oommen, secretary of the orthodox faction, said the church had already kick started consultations with legal experts on the possibility of moving a contempt petition against the State government.

Source: The Hindu July 04, 2019 14:15 UTC