India, Jan. 12 -- Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and said that both alliances are indulging in appeasement politics with Jamaat-e-Islami and Popular Front of India being their major vote bank.

Shah also raked up the Sabarimala gold loss case to target the ruling Left in Kerala, accusing it of "protecting" the real culprits, and demanded a probe by a neutral investigation agency into the sensational case. Shah announced that BJP would launch protests and door-to-door awareness campaigns on the issue. His statement came two days after Sabarimala Tantri (priest) Kandararu Rajeevaru was arrested by the Special Investigation...