New Delhi, March 14 -- Congress MP K Suresh on Friday criticised the Pinarayi Vijayan's Left Democratic Front (LDF) over their U-turn, opposing the entry of young women inside Sabarimala temple, saying that it is a way to appease the voters ahead of the Assembly elections.

Speaking to ANI, Suresh said that initially, former Chief Minister of Kerala, VS Achuthanandan, filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that women should be allowed to enter the Sabarimala temple.

"The CPM-led government, when Achuthanandan was the Chief Minister in Kerala, changed their own affidavit stating that young women can also enter the Sabarimala temple. That is totally objectionable because the Oommen Chandy government gave an affidavit in the Suprem...