Overview
- Union home minister Amit Shah warned of statewide BJP protests unless a neutral investigation is ordered into the alleged Sabarimala gold loss.
- He sought Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's resignation and claimed the filed FIR was designed to shield the real culprits.
- Shah argued the inquiry must be handled outside Kerala police control, alleging impartiality is impossible if ministers are involved.
- A state-appointed SIT has reported that gold embedded in sacred structures was stripped and converted in 2015 through a planned operation involving temple officials, intermediaries and private jewellers.
- The LDF government denies wrongdoing as the BJP touts recent civic gains — 50 wards in Thiruvananthapuram along with holds in Palakkad and a win in Thrippunithura — to claim momentum toward 2026.