THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala said the fire in the secretariat was not accidental. The fire occurred at the political department. This subversive act is to destroy the evidences in the gold smuggling case. There is centralized AC there. I don't understand why a fan is there when the room has centralized AC. An old fan was hung there to mislead the people. The building was renovated when Oommen Chandy was the chief minister. There is no risk of fire there, he said.

The files were set ablaze to save Swapna Suresh, M Sivasankar and the chief minister. Chief secretary Viswas Mehta has turned ‘Aviswas Mehta’. The people has no trust in the chief secretary. The chief secretary, who pushed the journalists, should understand the greatness of that post, said Chennithala.

The chief minister’s statement at Badai Bungalow that lightning struck Cliff House is like taking an anticipatory bail. The state had never seen such a bad government in the history of Kerala. Pinarayi Vijayan turned God's own country into devil's own country. The UDF will continue protests till the chief minister resigns.