A CPI(M) worker suffered serious injuries in an attack by suspected BJP workers at Panoor in the politically volatile district. Police said the legs of the 55-year-old, identified as Chandran, were almost severed in the attack and he has been rushed to the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital.
The ruling CPI(M) alleged that the BJP activists were behind the attack.
The attack comes a day after a bilateral peace meeting of the leaders of the CPI(M) and the BJP was held in Kannur in the presence of District Collector Mir Mohammed Ali, in which both parties agreed to initiate peace efforts in areas that had witnessed violence recently.
In Thiruvananthapuram, CPI(M) area committee member of Vanchiyoor, SL Saju, was attacked by an armed gang late last night. He has been admitted to the medical college hospital here with serious injuries.
CPI(M) district secretary Anavoor Nagappan had alleged that BJP-RSS activists were behind the attack. A hartal is being observed in the area of the incident.
On 19 December, Praveen, an RSS worker, was critically injured after he was attacked by a group of unidentified persons in Kannur. He suffered injuries in the attack.
Earlier on 19 November, a CPI-M worker was injured by a crude bomb being hurled at a rally. This attack came just one day after Mayor VK Prasant was attacked by BJP workers at the city corporation council. CPI-M District Secretary Anavoor Nagappan went on to allege that BJP workers had turned violent on his party’s workers during an event.
However, in October, an RSS activist was injured, when bombs were hurled at a BJP party office.
Both left- and the right-wing outfits in Kerala have been blaming each other for the political violence rising in the state given the state’s long history of political violence.
(With inputs from ANI and PTI)
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