Hitting out at the CPI(M)-led LDF government in Kerala on the Sabarimala issue, Union minister Pon Radhakrishnan Wednesday said its "masterplan" was to "harass" the devotees and not allow them to go to the Ayyappa temple.
"What is their Masterplan? To harass the devotees...Not to allow the devotees to go to Sabarimala," he told reporters.
Asked about his opinion on the September 28 Supreme Court verdict allowing women of all ages to offer prayers at the shrine, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said, "I do not want to go into that.... My concern is about the devotees. Do not harass the devotees."
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