The BJP president stated in the letter that if the present government does not proceed with timely actions, the party will launch statewide protests from July 1.
The gold theft controversy has exacerbated the pain felt by devotees, to the extent that many feel that Sabarimala will be a deciding factor in the assembly elections.
A source said the Special Investigation Team (SIT) suspects that former Sabarimala thantri Kandararu Rajeevaru had deposited nearly Rs 2.5 crore with the private finance firm.
The Kollam Vigilance Court granted Potti conditional bail in the case pertaining to the theft of gold from the door frames of the temple’s sanctum sanctorum.
The accused, K R Sunilkumar Potti, a native of Aroor, Alappuzha, is a former priest of the Chaliyekkara Bhadrakali temple under the Punalur group of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB).
