BJP workers on Sunday laid seige to the party district office here, protesting against the alleged CPI(M)-BJP alliance in the standing committee elections in Kumbala grama panchayat.
Party workers from Manjeswaram, Kumbala and Kasaragod areas thronged the office on Sunday as State president K. Surendran was scheduled to reach Kasaragod on the day. But he did not turn up, prompting the activists to stage a protest. They shouted slogans against Mr. Surendran and refused to leave the office premises.
Differences within the party have been coming out in the open since the standing committee elections in Kumbala grama panchayat in 2020. A section of party workers alleged that Koggu of the CPI(M) was made chairman of a standing committee with the support of the BJP. The standing committee comprises two BJP members and one each from the CPI(M) and the IUML.
