Before any decision on the promulgation of such ordinance was taken, public opinion either through the state assembly sittings or the worshipers of temples should have been sought, added Swami.

He said that it is against the tenets of one religion that it should be managed or administered by the believers of other religion. This ordinance would be discussed and opposed tooth and nail by the All India Hindu Maha Sangh, he said. He said that the Kerala government should reconsider the ordinance and it should not be allowed to become law.