Several Youth Congress workers and some policemen allegedly suffered injuries when the march taken out by the political workers, demanding the rollback of fuel cess and other tax proposals in the state budget, turned violent. The opposition Congress in Kerala on Tuesday strongly condemned the alleged police high-handedness against protesting Youth Congress activists in Kalamassery.
Updated On: 2023-02-21 08:14 PM IST
The party warned the state government of intensifying its protests over the tax proposals in the state budget if no action was taken against the personnel who 'cruelly attacked' the workers to disperse them from the spot.
Meanwhile, the Kerala police said the protesters turned violent without any provocation, the party leaders alleged that they were brutally beaten up by police personnel for no reason.
The Youth Congress state president and MLA Shafi Parambil and DCC president Mohammed Shiyas later staged a sit-in in front of the local police station in Kalamassery seeking action against those who lathi-charged Youth Congress activists.
Reacting to the incident, Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan alleged that over 150 police personnel attacked the Youth Congress workers, who protested against the fuel cess, without any provocation.
MLAs Uma Thomas and T J Vinod arrived at the station and also held discussions with the senior police officials regarding the matter.
