A lowly black shoe allegedly hurled by a Kerala Students Union (KSU) activist at the bus ferrying Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his Cabinet colleagues to the venue of the government’s public outreach programme, Navakerala Sadas, in Ernakulam on Sunday arguably marked a new low in the fast fraying ruling front and Opposition relationship in the State.
The high-profile act also spotlighted how fraught politics over Navakerala Sadas has worryingly spilt onto the street, resulting in public brawls between the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Congress workers.
Cyclical violence between CPI(M) and Congress workers seems to suddenly characterise the Cabinet’s progress through the State.
