A significant confrontation erupted among Congress supporters in Thrissur, Kerala, on Friday following the loss of the party’s candidate K Muraleedharan in the recent Lok Sabha elections.
Tension had been building up within the Thrissur District Congress Committee (DCC) since June 4 when the results were announced, and anonymous posters appeared blaming DCC chief Jose Valloor and former Thrissur MP T N Prathapan for the defeat.
While this Congress handle is peddling a fake story, back home in Kerala, their members stood up!
Only difference they stood up against each other for a fist fight. 😆😆
Reason: BJP won in Thrissur, ( first time ever) , INC came third
Watch: INC workers’ fight in Thrissur https://t.co/7CZPNnuSut pic.twitter.com/vIMYgjE9zn
— Aswin Nandakumar (@journalistaswin) June 8, 2024
One of the posters stated, “No seat for Prathapan even in a ward” and called for “Jose Vallur to resign”. On Friday, tensions escalated when Valloor confronted Suresh, a worker aligned with DCC secretary Sajeevan Kuttiyachira, about the posters that had been put up.
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The situation escalated further when Kuttiyachira, a supporter of Muraleedharan, and Suresh were reportedly assaulted by DCC chief Vallur and his supporters, leading to a full-scale brawl between the factions. In protest, Kuttiyachira staged a sit-in in front of a portrait of Congress leader K Karunakaran on the ground floor of the DCC office.
The conflict intensified when Muraleedharan’s supporters also arrived at the office. On the day of the election results, K Muraleedharan had criticized both the district and state leadership, claiming that no leaders had come to campaign for him.
It’s worth noting that Suresh Gopi of the BJP defeated K Muraleedharan of the Congress by a significant margin of over 74,000 votes, with the CPI candidate being his closest rival
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