Congress, IUML attack Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan for ‘giving communal twist’ to gold smuggling
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan faced political backlash over remarks on smuggled gold and hawala money in Malappuram, clarifying his comments aimed at general gold seizures. Congress and IUML accused him of communal bias, while he denounced attempts to portray CPM as communal.