India, Oct. 23 -- The Opposition Congress-led UDF stepped up its demand for the resignation of Kerala's temple affairs (devaswom) minister VN Vasavan and the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president PS Prasanth in the light of the recent High Court observations in the Sabarimala gold pilferage case.

The HC division bench on Tuesday had raised the suspicion that top officials of the TDB may have colluded to conceal the misappropriation of gold from the gold-cladded plates covering the 'Dwarapalaka' (door guardian) sculptures of the Sabarimala temple based on the preliminary report filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT). The court said that Unnikrishnan Potty, the main accused, was wrongfully allowed by TDB officials to retain arou...