<p align="justify">Hundreds of BJP workers on Monday converged in front of the Secretariat here and staged a protest demanding immediate resignation of Transport Minister Thomas Chandy, who is facing allegations of land encroachment for a luxury lake resort owned by him in Alappuzha district.</p>.<p align="justify">The protesters began assembling in front of three gates of the secretariat since 6 am and raised slogans against the minister.</p>.<p align="justify">The Secretariat houses offices of ministers and bureaucrats. Only the Cantonment gate was spared by the protesters to enable ministers and staff to enter the premises.</p>.<p align="justify">The agitators drawn from four districts of Kollam, Alappuzha, Pathnamthitta and Thiruvananthapuram, also wanted action against the Congress leaders named in the judicial commission report on the solar scam.</p>.<p align="justify">Inaugurating the protest, BJP state president, Kummanam Rajasekharan said there was no question of any compromise on the demand for Chandy's resignation.</p>.<p align="justify">General secretary, A N Radhakrishnan said the party would launch a series of agitations on the Chandy issue. "Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan should seek Chandy's resignation," he said.</p>
<p align="justify">Hundreds of BJP workers on Monday converged in front of the Secretariat here and staged a protest demanding immediate resignation of Transport Minister Thomas Chandy, who is facing allegations of land encroachment for a luxury lake resort owned by him in Alappuzha district.</p>.<p align="justify">The protesters began assembling in front of three gates of the secretariat since 6 am and raised slogans against the minister.</p>.<p align="justify">The Secretariat houses offices of ministers and bureaucrats. Only the Cantonment gate was spared by the protesters to enable ministers and staff to enter the premises.</p>.<p align="justify">The agitators drawn from four districts of Kollam, Alappuzha, Pathnamthitta and Thiruvananthapuram, also wanted action against the Congress leaders named in the judicial commission report on the solar scam.</p>.<p align="justify">Inaugurating the protest, BJP state president, Kummanam Rajasekharan said there was no question of any compromise on the demand for Chandy's resignation.</p>.<p align="justify">General secretary, A N Radhakrishnan said the party would launch a series of agitations on the Chandy issue. "Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan should seek Chandy's resignation," he said.</p>