BJP protests at CPI-M office over worker's killing in Kerala

Hundreds of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists on Sunday demonstrated here against the killings of their colleagues in Kerala allegedly by the Communist Party of India-Maxist (CPI-M) workers.

"Our protest is against the killings and harassment of BJP workers in Kerala. We are being targeted there very often. Rising crime against BJP workers should immediately be stopped in Kerala," Delhi BJP's media coordinator Praveen Shankar Kapoor told IANS.

Led by BJP vice president Shyam Jaju, secretary R.P. Singh and Delhi unit president Satish Upadhyay, the party activists started a protest march from the Delhi BJP's office on Pandit Pant Marg here to the nearby CPI-M office.

Closer to the CPI-M office, some of the demonstrators broke police cordons to stage their protest outside the CPI-M office gates. Police used water cannons to disperse the crowd and detained some of the BJP workers.

"Our demonstration was peaceful and we broke cordons only when we were stopped. Police detained many of workers," Kapoor said.

He also alleged that the CPI-M workers threw stones and bottles at the demonstrators.

"Police should probe this. They should arrest the CPI-M supporters behind this act," Kapoor demanded.

--IANS

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