<h1>Political party backs devotees, calls menstruating women entry controversy closed as temple plans global event and legal review</h1> The state ruling left party stated it aligns with devotees and called the controversy over allowing women of menstruating age into the hill shrine a closed matter, declining to comment further while asserting support for believers. The temple management body is organizing a global devotees' event and plans to consult legal experts and seek to convince the Supreme Court about the shrine's rituals and customs. The 2018 Supreme Court judgment struck down the age-based exclusion as unconstitutional and remains under review by a larger bench; the earlier facilitation of two women's entry provoked protests and political backlash.