Summary:
He cautioned that any attempt to arrest the party workers would be met with dire consequences. The houses of CPI(M) workers, including DYFI district secretary I.
Saju, and party offices came under attack, resulting in retaliatory clashes between workers of the CPI(M) and SDPI. Talking to reporters after visiting the CPI(M) district committee office on Monday, Mr.
Balakrishnan urged the government to take stern action against those responsible for the incidents. Even as the parties continued to trade charges over the unprecedented incident, workers of rival parties clashed against each other. While the attacks on political workers in various parts were initially dismissed as isolated incidents, the vandalizing of the CPI(M) district committee office and the subsequent attack on the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) district office at Karamana late Sunday sparked heightened tension..