A 22-year-old Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker was murdered allegedly by workers of the Social Democratic Party of India, a political outfit of the Popular Front of India, at Alappuzha district in Kerala.
While the police have already nabbed eight SDPI workers in this connection, the BJP leadership in Kerala alleged that the incident was outcome of the SDPI-CPM nexus in the state. BJP also observed a hartal in Alappuzha.
RSS worker Nandu R Krishna was killed on Wednesday night in the clashes at Vayalar in Alappuzha. Another RSS worker also suffered serious injuries in the clash. Some SDPI workers were also reportedly injured.
Police sources said that tension between the SDPI and RSS workers prevailed in the region for quite some time and the clash on Wednesday night broke out soon after a demonstration of SDPI in the locality.
BJP Kerala president K Surendran said that the left-front government in Kerala had given a free hand to the SDPI and hence they were unleashing an attack on BJP-RSS workers. This was due to the nexus between LDF and the SDPI, he alleged.
Meanwhile, SDPI alleged that it was a preplanned attack by the RSS workers without any provocation as they unleashed the attack against SDPI workers soon after a march by SDPI in connection with the coming Assembly polls.
(Published 25 February 2021, 15:20 IST)
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