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The one-and-a-half hour blockade will begin at 10am.BJP state president P Sreedharan Pillai said that the party would observe a day-long protest on Sunday. PATHANAMTHITTA (KERALA): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will stage a protest on Sunday after party Kerala general secretary K Surendran was not allowed to go towards Sabarimala temple and detained later.As part of the protest, the BJP has decided to hold highway blockades in 100 locations across the state.In Pathanamthitta district where Sabarimala is located, the highway blockade will be held at Thiruvalla. Earlier, the entry of female aged between 10 and 50 years was prohibited into the shrine.This is the third time that the temple has opened after the apex court lifted restrictions on women entry. "There will be one-hour blockade of national highway from 10am. We won't inconvenience the public for long," he said.Surendran and his party workers, who were heading to the hill-top shrine of Lord Ayyappa on Saturday, was stopped at Nilakkal and asked to return..