THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: It has been proved that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan is the mastermind in the gold smuggling after the statement of Swapna Suresh, the main accused in the gold smuggling case, to the Enforcement Directorate was revealed, said BJP state chief K Surendran. What the BJP alleged three months ago are now clear to the investigating agency, he said. Everyone has now understood why the chief minister personally insulted me then.

It is now clear that everything was with the consent of the chief minister and his office has a role in the sedition case. The chief minister should resign if he has any morality. The CPM central committee should reply to the allegations which have embarrassed the country. Protests will be intensified in the coming days, he said.

Protests would continue till the chief minister and the government resign. Swapna had told the ED that she met Sivasankar at the residence of the chief minister.