Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Naada on Sunday slammed the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government over the recent gold smuggling case, saying that "colour of gold is yellow everywhere but in Kerala, it is red, red and red." He further asked: 'What is the relationship between that IT officer and the personal secretary of the Chief Minister?' His comment comes after the National Investigative Agency arrested two main accused -- Swapna Prabha Suresh, her accomplice Sandeep Nair -- in the Kerala gold smuggling case. He was alluding to the alleged involvement of a top bureaucrat M.Sivasankar with Kerala government in the gold smuggling via the diplomatic channel. Since the allegations, Kerala Chief Minister’s office said that M Sivasankar was removed from the post of Secretary to the Chief Minister.

Source: dna July 12, 2020 11:03 UTC