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Clashes erupted betwixt the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers astatine assorted parts of the territory aft polling to the section assemblage elections concluded connected Tuesday.
In Kurichy, adjacent Changanassery, 2 BJP-Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leaders were hospitalised connected Tuesday night. According to BJP sources, B.R. Manjeesh, a subordinate of the Kurichy grama panchayat and BJP Kottayam West secretary, on with G. Sreekumar, a territory person of the RSS, sustained injuries allegedly inflicted by CPI(M) workers. However, the CPI(M) has denied immoderate governmental confrontation with the BJP leaders, asserting that the incidental stemmed from a bound quality and was not politically motivated.
Additional insignificant clashes were reported successful Cheruvandoor wrong the Erattupetta municipality, Chempu adjacent Vaikom, and Neeloor successful Pala. Lijin Lal, the BJP Kottayam West territory president, claimed that the CPI(M) initiated the attacks retired of fearfulness of losing the election
