Published Dec 19, 2023 | 4:47 PM ⚊ Updated Dec 19, 2023 | 4:47 PM
A Youth Congress worker waving a black flag against Pinarayi Vijayan in Alappuzha. (Supplied)
Activists from the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) and the Kerala Students’ Union (KSU) clashed on the streets of Kollam with sticks, stemming from a display of black flags at a bus carrying Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his Cabinet colleagues.
The Chief Minister and his Cabinet colleagues were in the southern district of Kollam to take part in the Nava Kerala Sadas programme being organised.
The fight broke out when members of the KSU, the student wing of the opposition Congress, tried to wave black flags at the Chief Minister’s vehicle.
The activists of the DYFI, the youth wing of the ruling CPI(M), tried to prevent them from showing the black flags, which led to a street fight for some time on Jerome Nagar in the heart of the city.
The visuals of the activists of the ruling and Opposition outfits, engaging in a fight using long sticks on the busy road, went viral on social media.
The police later arrested and removed all the protesters from the scene.
Since the beginning of the Nava Kerala Sadas programme last month, Kerala has been witnessing fights between KSU and DYFI activists at various places over showing black flags at the vehicle of the Chief Minister and his Cabinet colleagues.
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