Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Kerala president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday hit out at the Pinarayi Vijayan-led state government, claiming that with the ongoing Sabarimala gold theft probe has shown that the temple cannot be managed by the Kerala government.

“A realisation is creeping in all our minds, it cannot be left anymore to the Kerala government to manage Sabarimala. Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, people from all over the country and world worship at Sabarimala and we do not feel confident Vasavan or Chief Minister Vijayan in managing Sabarimala,” the BJP leader told reporters here.

He further called for the Central government’s intervention in the case, urging the Centre to “eventually take over” the functioning of Sabarimala, saying that it can be done since t

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