KOZHIKODE: The Yuva Morcha workers who staged a black flag protest against General Education Minister V Sivankutty in Kozhikode over the Bharat Mata controversy were stopped by the SFI workers and ended in a clash.
On Saturday morning, Yuva Morcha workers showed black flags when the minister arrived at the Jubilee Hall in Tali to attend a programme related to the SFI national conference.
However, in the meantime, SFI workers who were present there clashed with Yuva Morcha activists. Following this, the police intervened and detained the workers.
Later, when Fraternity workers came to protest there in connection with the Plus One seat crisis, the SFI workers stopped them, and a clash broke out. The police intervened and took both groups away.
Protesting the incident of SFI workers attacking the Yuva Morcha workers, BJP members burnt the effigy of Minister Sivankutty at the spot. BJP leaders alleged that the police were helping SFI members to attack Yuva Morcha workers.
"Our workers were beaten up by CPM workers and the police. If the police do not arrest the criminals, we will retaliate. The BJP knows what to do if the police do not take necessary action," said BJP Kozhikode district president KP Prakash Babu.