Kottayam, March 15 -- Kerala Devaswom Minister V N Vasavan on Saturday blamed the BJP for the 2018 Supreme Court verdict permitting women's entry into Sabarimala and said the LDF government's current stand remains the same as the affidavit filed before the apex court in 2007. He was responding to reporters' queries regarding the affidavit to be filed by the state government before the nine-member bench of the Supreme Court clarifying its position on the entry of women of menstruating age into the hill shrine. He said the 2018 verdict came after women lawyers associated with the BJP approached the Supreme Court. "We had filed an affidavit in 2007 stating that the issue should be decided by experts in ritualistic matters. We are still maintaining that stand," he said. The Supreme Court has not sought the state government's position on women's entry now, but has asked for clarification on certain constitutional issues, he added. "We have assigned the Advocate General and constitutional experts in the Supreme Court to give the reply. They will respond accordingly," the minister said. He added that if the court seeks the state government's stand on the matter, it would be presented, noting that the LDF government had already stated its position in the affidavit filed in 2007. "The party's (CPI-M) stand is the same as the government's. The government is with the devotees. We have always been with the devotees," he said. The minister also criticised the opposition, alleging that they repeatedly approach courts on various issues and return with adverse responses....