BJP protest march to Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram turns tense
A BJP protest march toward the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram turned violent, leading police to use water cannons. The demonstration was a response to Congress protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
Why it matters
The escalation of political tensions between major parties in Kerala reflects broader national-level partisan conflicts.
A protest march taken out by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) headquarters, Indira Bhavan, turned tense in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday, with the police using water cannons to disperse the demonstrators.
The march was organised in protest against the Congress demonstration held outside Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official residence in New Delhi on Tuesday.
The BJP workers marched towards Indira Bhavan, raising slogans against the Congress and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. The protesters also burned an effigy and attempted to overturn barricades erected on the road leading to the KPCC headquarters, leading to a confrontation with the police.
As the situation escalated, the police used water cannons to disperse the crowd. One BJP worker, who sustained injuries during the police action, was shifted to a hospital for treatment.
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