Oppn protests against Kerala minister are anti-Quran, says CPM
(WorldNews India)

A day after the National Investigating Agency questioned Kerala Higher Education Minister K T Jaleel in connection with the gold smuggling case, the CPI(M) on Friday referred to the Opposition`s protest against him as an “anti-Quran” agitation. Probes into the gold smuggling by multiple agencies have revealed that Jaleel had accepted religious texts and food kits from the UAE Consulate, bypassing protocol norms and without getting duty exemption from the state. The consignments were taken in a government vehicle to a private religious institute in Malappuram for distribution at the behest of the minister, despite the institute not putting forward any request. Investigating agencies have...