Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 13 -- A BJP delegation led by the party's Kerala unit chief and former Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday called on Governor Rajendera Arlekar and sought his intervention in the alleged theft of gold from the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, which has sparked a political row in the state.

The BJP has accused the Pinarayi Vijayan-led CPM government of corruption.

"We gave a detailed representation representing the angst, the anger and the feelings of people of Kerala. Every Malayali, irrespective of which community he or she belongs to, is aghast, angry, and upset at the kind of activities that are going on in Kerala. An example of which has really outraged everybody, which is the theft of 4.5 kgs of gold fr...