Thiruvananthapuram, March 31 Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, V D Satheesan, said on Tuesday that the CPI(M) must first explain the photograph of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan with Unnikrishnan Potty, a prime accused in the Sabarimala gold theft case, before accusing Sonia Gandhi in connection with the matter.
The opposition was responding to reporters pointing out that after Rahul Gandhi sang a line from a popular parody song about the alleged role of CPI(M) leaders in the gold theft at the Sabarimala temple, the Left party began a social media campaign making allegations against Sonia Gandhi in connection with the matter.
Satheesan said that Vijayan was the Chief Minister of the state, and he was allegedly aware of the misappropriation of gold from the Sabarimala shrine and who was behind it.
"So, why did he take a photo with Potty? Let that be investigated first, and then we can investigate Sonia Gandhi," he said.
Rahul, on Monday, while addressing an election meeting in Pathanamthitta, had sung the line "swarnam kattathu aarappa" ("who stole the gold of Ayyappa") from a song used by the UDF to influence voters against the Left during the local body polls a few months ago.