THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: On a day the Sabarimala temple closed its doors six days after opening for the first time since the Supreme Court delivered a verdict on letting women of menstruating age enter the shrine, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday said his government will stick to the apex court's ruling on the temple issue and will implement the order in all possible ways.

Vijayan, who returned from the United Arab Emirates today, said the ruling party at the Centre, the Bharatiya Janata Party, is trying to subvert the law by triggering protests and is politicising the issue.

“At a time when women are getting ready to go to Mars, some people are saying that women shouldn’t enter a temple. The aim of certain groups is to make sure that Sabarimala becomes a battlefield. Nobody can break the secular fabric of Kerala,” Vijayan told reporters on his return.