THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Leader of Opposition in Kerala Assembly V.D. Satheesan on Friday sought to play down the controversy surrounding a photograph of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi with now arrested in Sabarimala gold heist case, Unnikrishnan Potti, dismissing Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s allegations as “cheap” and accusing the CPI(M) of attempting to divert attention from more serious issues confronting the government.
Satheesan said the so-called photo controversy was being deliberately amplified to deflect focus from the alleged gold theft at Sabarimala.
“This is a classic attempt by the CPI(M) to hide a real problem by creating a manufactured controversy, ” he said.