THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Taking a dig at CPM, Opposition leader VD Satheesan said that the CPM leaders’ “procession to jail” has begun in the Sabarimala gold theft case. He was reacting to the arrest of A Padmakumar, former Devaswom Board president and CPM district committee member. Satheesan questioned why the Devaswom Board did not file a complaint against Unnikrishnan Potty if he alone was responsible. He said the CPM knew that if Potty was trapped, many others would also be caught. Satheesan added that the next person who should be questioned is former Devaswom Minister Kadakampally Surendran, and alleged that the theft took place with the knowledge of current Devaswom Minister Vasavan.

The opposition leader said that if the High Court had not intervened, the Ayyappa golden idol too would

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