Thiruvananthapuram, Feb. 6 -- Kerala parliamentary affairs minister MB Rajesh on Thursday defended the ongoing SIT investigation and criticised the opposition UDF for "playing drama" over the the Sabarimala gold theft cases. This came as Unnikrishnan Potty, the first accused in the case, walked out of jail after receiving statutory bail in the case on the same day.

As the UDF MLAs sat on the floor of the House raising slogans against the LDF government and demanding the resignation of temple affairs minister VN Vasavan, minister Rajesh hit back alleging that the opposition is "scared" that the SIT probe would expand to certain people in top positions.

"The devaswom bench of the High Court has reposed faith in the SIT probe. The court ha...