For the first time in the history of Kerala, leader of a political party stood in front of the main gate of the Kerala Secretariat on Wednesday and shouted that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was the direct beneficiary of the gold smuggling scam, LIFE Mission corruption and even the drug trafficking cases in the State.

“Pinarayi Vijayan is the direct beneficiary of gold smuggling scam, LIFE Mission corruption and drug trafficking. That’s the reason behind his over enthusiasm in saving and protecting K T Jaleel, the minister for higher education who has been questioned by the Enforcement Directorate,” declared K Surendran, president of the Kerala BJP on Wednesday.

Surendran, who was addressing hundreds of party workers including activists of Mahila Morchcha, said that Vijayan was afraid of his own shadow. “It is because of his sense of guilt. We want the investigating agencies to question Vijayan’s daughter and son-in-law in these cses,” said the BJP leader.

The BJP president was referring to Vijayan’s press briefing on Tuesday evening when he shouted at the former describing him as a person who lost his mental balance. “ A sense of fear is haunting Vijayan and it is because of his involvement in the criminal deeds,” charged Surendran.

Earlier VV Rajesh, senior BJP leader, alleged that the CPI(M) was conspiring with the Police in sabotaging the rallies and demonstrations organized by the saffron brigade all over Kerala.

“There were many instances at Thiruvananthapuram and Kannur when policemen without nameboards and number plates beating up BJP activists,” alleged Rajesh.

Prior to the meeting at the Secretariat, the BJP president led a procession from Martyrs’ Memorial in which nonagenarian O Rajagopal and the septuagenarian Kummanam Rajasekjharan, former Governor of Mizoram took part despite heavy rains.

Elsewhere in the State , protest marches and demonstrations by the frontal organisations of the Hindutwa party continued for the fourth day in succession. “This is the beginning of the end of the Communist rule in Kerala,” declared Surendran.