New Delhi, Jan. 15 -- Kerala BJP President Rajeev Chandrasekhar slammed Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday over the Sabarimala gold theft case, accusing him of trying to cover up the scandal. Chandrasekhar claimed that Vijayan's initial response to the scam was to downplay it as a "slip-up" and hoped that the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which reports to him, would help bury the issue.

Speaking during a press conference, Chandrasekhar questioned the impartiality of the SIT, saying, "When the Sabarimala scam first came out, our Chief Minister's first response to it, he said it is a slip-up... He was hoping that the SIT, which is the Kerala police, which reports to him, would help him put this under the carpet. This is the si...