Wayanad, Jan. 4 -- Congress MLA Ramesh Chennithala on Sunday said that the Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's allegations about Congress senior leader Sonia Gandhi's involvement in the Sabarimala gold theft case is "absurd" and reiterated Communist Party of India (Marxist) involvement in the case.

Congress MLA Ramesh Chennithala also raised a question over the lack of action against its own leaders.

Speaking with ANI, Ramesh Chennithala said, "The Kerala Chief Minister's statement on the gold theft case in Sabarimala is absurd. The three leaders of CPM are in jail. How can he say that this is a politically motivated thing?... The CPM party has not taken any action for the people who are in prison."

Chennithala further demanded a ...