THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The protest march by the State Youth League workers against the LDF government’s anti- people policies turned violent on Wednesday.
The protesters marched to the secretariat and clashed with the police. The police resorted to lathi charge to disperse the agitated workers. Grenades were also used against the youth league workers.
The skirmish between the protesters and police started when the league state general secretary P M A Salam was addressing the workers. The police resisted the worker’s attempt to flip over the barricades. After the workers pushed through the barricades the police started to lathi charge them.
Earlier, while inaugurating the protest dharna Muslim League all India general secretary P K Kunhalikutty held the state government responsible for the agony of the people.
“Kerala has entered the list of most indebted states.It is at the seventh place.In Sri Lanka, people took to the streets after the government became inactive. The state government should not create that kind of situation here. The law and order situation of the state has broken down and there is also a nexus between the police and the goons,” he said.