Congress takes out Lok Bhavan march in Thiruvananthapuram
Congress party members in Kerala organized a protest march to Lok Bhavan to demonstrate against the detention of senior party leaders in New Delhi. The march resulted in a confrontation with police at barricades in Thiruvananthapuram.
Why it matters
This highlights the escalating political tensions and the ripple effect of national-level protests on regional state politics in India.
As protests against the police action during a sit-in by the Congress in New Delhi gained strength across the State, the Congress took out a march to Lok Bhavan in the State capital on Tuesday night.
The march that began from the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) headquarters was led by KPCC president and Minister for Electricity Sunny Joseph.
Minister for Excise M. Liju, Minister for Women and Child Development Bindhu Krishna, Minister for Development of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes K.A. Thulasi, Minister for Sports O.J. Janeesh, MLAs M. Vincent and Chandy Oommen, KPCC former president M.M. Hassan, Congress leaders V.S. Sivakumar and Neyyattinkara Sanal, K.S. Sabarinadhan, Kerala Students Union State president Aloshious Xavier and scores of Congress workers, carrying flags and shouting slogans, also took part in the march.
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