Declaring that the Kerala government will protect the rights of all Sabarimala devotees, Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, on Tuesday accused the BJP and Congress of trying to destroy the state's secular fabric by politicising the issue.

Addressing a meeting organised by the CPI-M here, Vijayan went hammer and tongs against the Congress and BJP. "The Congress has joined the BJP in trying to drive a wedge between the devotees and the government and they are trying to break the secular tradition of our state," he said.