New Delhi, April 7 -- The Kerala government on Monday sought to be listed in the Supreme Court alongside petitioners seeking a review of the 2018 Sabarimala verdict that allowed women of menstruating age to enter the Ayyappa temple. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) government's letter comes a day before a nine-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, will hear the matter. The state in a letter to Krishna Kumar Singh, the nodal counsel for those opposing women's entry in Sabarimala, requested an hour to present its position alongside the review petitioners who will open arguments in the top court. "In the written submission, on the issue on the scope of judicial review in religious matters, the respondent state is supporting the case of the review petitioner," advocate Nishe Rajen Shonkar, representing the Kerala government, said. "It is therefore requested, that our name be kindly included on the side of the review petitioner and to grant time of one hour to address arguments so as to assist the court on the issues involved." The hearing in the matter comes at a time when Kerala is gearing up for assembly polls on April 9....