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Sabarimala shrine opened today for the 41-day annual pilgrimage season. Security has been heightened around the hill shrine. More than 10,000 cops will be deployed in four phases.

The Kerala government did not want women to enter Sabarimala temple, said Devaswom minister Kadakampally Surendran. The government cannot say it could not implement the SC order, he said.

 
 

Congress campaign committee chairman also explained Rahul Gandhi's differing stand on the issue of women's entry into Sabarimala

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, during the all-party meeting, stated that it is the responsibility of the government to implement the Supreme Court verdict. The stand was heavily criticised by opposition parties.

The police deployed there resorted to lathi charge to bring the situation under control in Sabarimala temple premises as protests turned violent.