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The State superior witnessed tense scenes connected Tuesday arsenic clashes broke retired during a march taken retired by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha to the Assembly successful protestation against the Sabarimala golden misappropriation case.
The concern escalated into convulsive confrontations betwixt the protesters and the police, turning the bosom of the metropolis into a virtual battleground and bringing postulation to a standstill for astir an hour.
The constabulary utilized h2o cannons aggregate times to disperse the protesters aft they attempted to breach the barricades erected adjacent the Assembly complex. Later teardrop state shells were besides used.
Five activists, including Yuva Morcha State president V. Manuprasad, sustained injuries oregon developed uneasiness successful the melee. The injured were admitted to the General Hospital. The protesters aboriginal blocked M.G. Road, accusing the constabulary of delaying the proscription of the injured activists to the hospital.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nationalist enforcement subordinate P.K. Krishnadas, who addressed the protesters, said the actions of the ruling governmental enactment were akin to that of a transgression gang, and cautioned that the enactment would intensify its agitation successful the Sabarimala issue. He besides accused the Pinarayi Vijayan-led authorities of displaying a “fascist mindset” aimed astatine crushing antiauthoritarian protests done force. The elder BJP person besides accused some the Communist Party India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] and the Congress of large-scale corruption successful the absorption of the Sabarimala temple. Leaders from some parties were progressive successful the alleged theft of golden offerings astatine the temple, helium alleged.
