Alleging that the accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case are "hand in glove" with the people in power, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday demanded the resignation of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. "The moral authority of the chief minister is lost. The BJP has been demanding, the people of Kerala have been demanding that the chief minister should resign owning moral responsibility of the whole incident," news agency PTI quoted Union minister and Kerala BJP leader V Muraleedharan as saying. Muraleedharan said the Left government in the state had first asked the Centre to order a probe into the matter and has now moved court against the CBI, claiming that agency does not have the authority to investigate. "This shows that those involved in smuggling gold are hand-in-glove with those in power," he alleged, adding that this case is distinct from other cases of gold smuggling because it is "directly" linked to the chief minister's office. Vijayan has been changing his stand on the matter from the day the case was registered and accused were arrested, Muraleedharan claimed. The Union minister noted that the case relates to the seizure of 30 kg of gold in Thiruvananthapuram Airport on July 5 after the precious metal was found camouflaged in diplomatic baggage.