The Congress’s ire against Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s alleged subversion of the State police to stifle democratic dissent spilt violently onto the streets in Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi on December 20 (Wednesday).
Congress workers, braving water cannons, also battled police officers in riot gear in other parts of Kerala, resulting in minor injuries to scores of persons on both sides.
The belligerent protests underscored the depth of the Congress’s outrage at Mr. Vijayan’s “brazen defence” of his personal security officers accused of extra-judicially attacking Kerala Students Union (KSU) workers detained by the local police for flaunting black flags at the VIP motorcade ferrying the Cabinet to a Navakerala Sadas venue in Alappuzha district last week.
