UDF slams LDF in Kerala over Sabarimala gold loss, health sector strike

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: (Mar 4) The Congress-led UDF on Wednesday slammed the ruling LDF in Kerala over the Sabarimala gold loss cases, the issue of women’s entry to the shrine, and the state’s health sector, where government doctors and a section of private nurses are on strike over wages.

Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, V D Satheesan, said that most of the arrested accused in cases related to the alleged misappropriation of gold from the Sabarimala temple were out on statutory bail, and that the investigation would soon come to an end without yielding results.

“The Special Investigation Team has admittedly not been able to gather enough evidence, and once all the accused come out on bail, whatever evidence remains could be destroyed. That is our apprehension, and we have raised it several times in the Assembly,” Satheesan told reporters.