Kerala - Thiruvananthapuram

CPI(M), DYFI workers take out protest marches

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Activists of the CPI(M), DYFI and the SFI took out marches in different parts of the State on Sunday evening in protest against the attack on the AKG Bhavan in New Delhi by Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha activists.

The marches were spontaneous at most places and the party workers, carrying burnt tyres and torches, shouted slogans against the BJP and its ‘fascist’ attacks on political opponents. The marches were peaceful but the police kept a constant vigil to prevent outbreak of violence. Special police pickets were placed before offices of the BJP in all the districts.

In Thiruvananthapuram, a march was taken out by party workers in the evening under the leadership of CPI(M) district leaders. A meeting held at the end of the march at the GPO Junction was inaugurated by E.P. Jayarajan, MLA. District panchayat president Anavur Nagappan and V. Sivankutty, MLA, also addressed the party workers.

The security in front of the offices of various political parties in the city has been strengthened following the attack.

The offices offered security include the AKG Centre of the CPI(M), Mararji Bhavan, BJP State committee office at Thampanoor, and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh headquarters at Fort.

The DYFI State leadership had given a call for strong protest across the State against the attack. In a joint statement here, DYFI State president M.B. Rajesh and secretary T.V. Rajesh described the attack barbaric’ and against all canons of democratic behaviour.

Different other organisations too came out against the attack. In a statement here, RSP State secretary V.P. Ramakrishna Pillai termed the attack a breach of the norms of public activity and an action that smacked fascist behaviour. RSP general secretary T.J. Chandrachoodan also strongly condemned the attack . In a statement released here, Prof. Chandrachoodan termed the attack ‘heinous’ and said that it was “an attack on the democratic foundations of this nation.”

Special Correspondent writes from Kochi:

The CPI(M) staged demonstrations and took out marches in various towns in Ernakulam district to protest against the BJP-RSS attack on the AKG Bhavan, the party headquarters, in New Delhi, on Sunday.

In Kochi, party activists, led by State committee member P. Rajiv took out a march from the Pappan Chettan Smarakam to the Kaloor bus-stand. At a meeting organised later, speakers condemned the attack and the killings in Kannur district.

Staff Reporter writes from Alappuzha: A constituency committee office of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at Paravur, under the Alappuzha South Police Circle limits, was attacked allegedly by Communist Party of India (Marxist) activists here on Sunday. According to the police, the attack took place after a protest march organised by the CPI(M)local committee against the attack on the party headquarters in New Delhi.

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