A potentially incendiary war of words between the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) threatens to roil politics in Kannur.
Alleged anti-Hindu comments by Speaker A.N. Shamseer at a function at the Kunnathunadu GHSS in his constituency on July 21 in Thalassery appeared to have triggered the CPI(M)-BJP verbal stand-off.
Kannur’s political temperature seemed to rise when Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) workers staged a belligerent march to Mr. Shamseer’s office in Thalassery.