Gold ‘theft’ row: BJP kicks off day-and-night protest in front of Secretariat

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BJP person  Sobha Surendran sits amidst enactment      workers during a day-and-night protestation  successful  beforehand   of the Secretariat gathering  successful  Thiruvananthapuram connected  Friday implicit    the Sabarimala golden  ‘theft’ row.

BJP person Sobha Surendran sits amidst enactment workers during a day-and-night protestation successful beforehand of the Secretariat gathering successful Thiruvananthapuram connected Friday implicit the Sabarimala golden ‘theft’ row. | Photo Credit: NIRMAL HARINDRAN

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has kicked disconnected a day-and-night protestation successful beforehand of the Secretariat implicit the golden ‘theft’ contention astatine the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple connected Friday. Senior enactment leaders are starring the protests which began astir 7 p.m.

BJP State president Rajeev Chandrasekhar, speaking to the media, slammed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s basal connected the issue. The theft of golden from a temple arsenic important arsenic Sabarimala cannot beryllium viewed a trivial issue, helium said.

Senior BJP person and erstwhile State president P.K. Krishnadas said the Left Democratic Front (LDF) authorities was an insult to the country. The precise measurement of golden stolen from the temple has not yet been ascertained. The authorities has nary close to proceed successful power, Mr. Krishnadas said.

Former BJP State president Kummanam Rajasekharan besides demanded that the LDF authorities relinquish powerfulness and apologise to the people.

BJP leaders including M.T. Ramesh, Shobha Surendran, Anoop Antony, and S. Suresh were present. Mr. Chandrasekhar volition formally inaugurate the protestation astatine 11 a.m. connected Saturday.

Published - October 24, 2025 11:20 p.m. IST

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