THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the local body elections popping up, the opposition looks to milk the most from the Sabarimala golf theft case. However, there are challenges. The undercurrents that create caste and religious equations will also be decisive in the elections. Contrary to tradition, the fronts have fielded bigwigs, creating the impression of a semi-final of the upcoming assembly elections.

The Pinarayi government and the Travancore Devaswom Board held a Global Ayyappa Sangamam in Pamba last September, almost recovering from the impact of the Sabarimala women's entry issue in 2019. The gathering was interpreted as an election tactic by the LDF and the government's penance for allowing women's entry.

However, the shocking information about the Sabarimala gold loot has put the govern

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