Thiruvananthapuram: Amid COVID-19 protocols, leader of the opposition, Ramesh Chennithala on Thursday led a unique protest as a group of five other opposition leaders marched a kilometre and arrived at the state secretariat to demand the resignation of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
Following the spike in COVID-19 cases, Section 144 is imposed across the state and assembling of more than five people is banned and hence Chennithala along with United Democratic Front convenor M M Hassan and three leaders of the alliance -- C P John, Shibhu Baby John and T V Ibrahim arrived at the secretariat. They shouted slogans demanding the resignation of Vijayan and called him a liar.
On Wednesday, the Enforcement Directorate filed a charge sheet in Prevention of Money Laundering Act, PMLA court, Ernakulam in connection with the gold smuggling case. It was allegedly revealed that prime accused Swapna Suresh had met Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan six times along with the suspended top IAS official, M Sivasankar, who was Vijayan's secretary and also the State IT secretary. The Chief Minister is still of the stance that he is unaware of Swapna's identity and job in Space Park, IT department. Apparently, CM is the head of the department.