BJP intensifies protests across Keralam after attack on party’s State office, waves black flag at Minister Roji M. John

A day after escalating political violence and late-night clashes between youth organisations affiliated with political parties in the capital district — including the vandalism of BJP State committee office Mararji Bhavan and the alleged attack on party’s national executive committee member P.K. Krishnadas — the BJP and its youth wings intensified protests against the State government across Keralam on Thursday.

The protests were held in response to the State-wide agitation called by the BJP State unit following the attack on its headquarters.

In Thiruvananthapuram, BJP activists marched to the Secretariat in protest against the attack on Mararji Bhavan and engaged in scuffles with the police. The protest march, which began at Pulimootil, saw activists attempting to push through the barricades erected by the police in front of the Secretariat. The protesters also engaged in verbal altercations with the police when officers tried to prevent them from overturning the barricades.