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The Left party said the Malappuram MP had alleged that gold was smuggled under the pretext of Quran copies.
The Customs’ stand is that the law was violated in distributing to various places the religious texts that arrived in the state through the diplomatic channels.
The NIA summoned Jaleel as part of the central agency's investigations into the gold smuggling operations that functioned using the diplomatic channel and which was busted at the Trivandrum International Airport on July 5.
The opposition Congress organised protests against the minister across Kerala for his alleged involvement in the case.
The agency didn’t ask me anything else. It was very polite. There was no Malayali official in the questioning team, the Minister said.
Despite heavy downpour, the Youth Congress, Yuva Morcha, BJP, Congress and the Youth League staged protests at various places, including Kozhikode, Thrissur, Malappuram, Idukki and Kottayam, demanding Jaleel's resignation.
Kerala records the highest monthly per capita consumption of gold ornaments in the country, but the present impasse has erased around Rs 20,000 crore from its normal yearly earnings.
The merchants are hoping that they would be able to tide over the COVID-19 crisis through the Onam sales.
'Anything less than the resignation of the chief minister is unacceptable,' opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala said on Friday.
KT Jaleel said the calls were related to the distribution of food packets to the needy.