The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala has sought to put the Congress-led Opposition on the defensive in the raging Sabarimala gold theft controversy by stating that the Congress was “still at a loss to coherently explain” the presence of the two main suspects in the case at the heavily guarded and sparingly accessible residence of party leader Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi.
Law Minister P. Rajeeve told a press conference on Tuesday (February 3, 2026) that “the public was still in the dark” about how the accused, including the “main thief and the receiver of the loot”, got access to Ms. Gandhi, with two Congress MPs in tow. He said the Congress’ “disruptive tactic” in the Assembly over the Sabarimala gold theft row was “just a fig leaf to cover the party leadership’s complicity in the case and dodge meaningful debate.”
