Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has hit out at former Congress President Sonia Gandhi over the Sabarimala gold and idol smuggling controversy, claiming links between the senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP and two accused - Unnikrishnan Potti and Govardhan, the owner of a jewellery firm.
The CPM leader - whose Left Democratic Front alliance faces a stern test from the Congress-led United Democratic Front in the next year's Kerala election - pointed to a photograph of Govardhan receiving a gift from Sonia Gandhi and another of Potti with Sonia Gandhi.