Senior Congress leader and MP Adoor Prakash has accused Communist Party of India-Marxist Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas of having connections with the main accused in the Sabarimala gold theft case, Unnikrishnan Potti. Prakash has called for a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the alleged ties between Brittas and Potti, citing their frequent communication as suspicious. He emphasized the need for a thorough examination of the phone records showing multiple conversations between the two individuals.
Prakash, who is also the convenor of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), addressed questions regarding Potti’s meeting with Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. He clarified that Potti met Sonia Gandhi to offer ‘prasadam’ and had obtained prior permission for the meeting. Prakash mentioned that he accompanied Potti to the meeting in Delhi upon the latter’s request, unaware of Potti’s criminal background.
The Congress MP expressed his surprise and disapproval at being associated with Potti after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan mentioned Sonia Gandhi’s meeting with Potti. Notably, Brittas, a journalist-turned-lawmaker, is known to be a close aide of Chief Minister Vijayan.
