Kerala Opposition Seeks Chief Minister's Resignation Over Dollar Smuggling Case

Kerala gold smuggling case: Leaders of Opposition parties boycotted Assembly session after the Speaker rejected an adjournment motion notice over the case.

Kerala Opposition parties' leaders on Thursday boycotted the State Assembly session after the Speaker denied permission to discuss an adjournment motion notice given by Congress MLA PT Thomas. The Opposition also demanded the resignation of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over the dollar smuggling case. The Congress MLA, earlier in the day, gave an adjournment motion in the Kerala Assembly over the show-cause notice issued by the Customs Department on Chief Minister Vijayan's alleged involvement and former Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan in the Kerala dollar smuggling case.