Kerala CMO involved in gold smuggling case, says BJP chief Nadda
With the Pinarayi Vijayanled Kerala government being rocked by the gold smuggling case, in which the chief minister’s now transferred principal secretary’s name has also cropped up, BJP president JP Nadda on Sunday used the proverb “chor ki daadi main tinka” to suggest that the CMO is also involved in the case, which has been taken over by the NIA and FIRs under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act have been filed. Accusing the Left government in the state of being “inefficient, corrupt and believes in violence,” Mr Nadda claimed that the CPI(M)-led LDF and the Congress-led UDF are “two sides of the same coin” and sought people’s support to the BJP which is yet to gain electorally in this southern state where assembly polls are scheduled in May next year. Mr Nadda also accused the CM of “messing up” the Covid-19 situation in the state by “suppressing” figures.
Addressing BJP leaders digitally from the party headquarters while inaugurating the party’s district committee office in Kasargod, Mr Nadda also used the occasion to hit out at Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi, saying the country is “aware of his patriotism” and who has been demoralising the armed forces by his statements and added that the Congress leader had “secretly” met the Chinese envoy during the Doklam crisis and “misled” the nation before people got to know about it when the envoy put out the information.
“We can see the heat in
CM’s office also (gold smuggling). He wrote to the PM saying no stone should remain unturned as far as the investigation is concerned. We have a saying ‘chor ki daadi mein tinka’, it means the office of CM is also involved somewhere,” said Mr Nadda. Alleging that the LDF and the UDF have “joined hands to fight the ideology of BJP,” Mr Nadda asserted that his party’s “karyakartas are determined to see that in times to come, there will be kamalam, kamalam and only kamalam (lotus, lotus and lotus) everywhere in Kerala.”