Thiruvananthapuram: The ruling CPM has been hit hard by the arrest of the former president of the Travancore Devaswom Board, A Padmakumar, in connection with the Sabarimala gold theft case. With local government elections approaching, the Sabarimala gold row is a major topic of discussion, and the arrest of a prominent CPM leader is expected to cause a setback for the Left Front in Pathanamthitta, where Sabarimala is located. The main issue in the case is that a senior CPM leader in Pathanamthitta has been arrested. Political observers believe that the fact that a person with party support has been named as an accused in this case is likely to put the CPM on the defensive.

Padmakumar became the Devaswom Board President in 2019.

Padmakumar, a CPM leader with 54 years of political experi

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