The police resort to a lathicharge because the BJP’s protest march to the Collectorate over the Sabarimala temple gold-plating controversy turned violent in Palakkad on Thursday. , Photograph Credit score: KK Mustafah
A march taken out by the BJP to the district Collectorate right here on Thursday in protest in opposition to the alleged theft of gold from Sabarimala resulted in a conflict with the police.
A number of BJP staff have been suffered minor accidents in police lathicharge. The police additionally used water cannon to disperse the marchers.
BJP State vice-president B. Gopalakrishnan and Palakkad east district president Prasanth Sivan led the march. Mahila Morcha staff additionally joined the protest by elevating Ayyappa slogans.
Mr. Gopalakrishnan inaugurated the march. He stated temples, together with Sabarimala, belonged to Hindus. He alleged that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was the prime accused within the Sabarimala gold theft case.
He demanded that the Chief Minister ought to relinquish the House Division and the Devaswom board must be dissolved.
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