The State on Friday witnessed a day of rising political tensions after a yet-to-be-identified person travelling on a two-wheeler detonated a throw-down type incendiary device against the boundary wall of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] State headquarters at the AKG Centre here late Thursday.
The repercussions of the attack manifested in violence against Congress offices and symbols in at least two districts. Unidentified persons vandalised Indira Gandhi's statue in Alappuzha. They threw stones at the District Congress Committee (DCC) office in Kottayam.
Angry CPI(M) activists demonstrated across Kerala. In Alappuzha, marchers purportedly raised threatening slogans against Congress workers. The fraught political climate has forced the police to increase security in the vicinity of Congress and CPI(M) offices.
