Sabarimala standoff: BJP moves protest to state capital

In a move welcomed by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the BJP has decided to shift its protests against the Supreme Court's Sabarimala verdict to the secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram. BJP workers from across the state are expected to join the 2-week protest. The decision, according to the BJP state Chief, Sreedharan Pillai, comes after women in the previously barred age-group stopped trying to enter the shrine.