Team News Riveting
Kochi, June 24
The suspected activists of Student Federation of India (SFI), the student wing of Kerala’s ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist), today ransacked the office of Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad of Kerala.
The incident took place during a march organised by SFI to Rahul Gandhi MP’s office in Kalpatta in protest against the Wayanad MP’s silence and reluctance to intervene in the Supreme Court order on the eco-sensitive zone.
Videos posted by Youth Congress show that the miscreants carrying SFI flags entered the office of Rahul Gandhi and clashed with the Congress workers present in the office. The workers of SFI and Congress also clashed in the office. The Congress has alleged that members of the SFI entered Rahul Gandhi’s office in Wayanad, vandalised property and attacked people at the office.
Visuals of the incident shared by the Congress show some men barging into the party office and raising slogans and vandalising the office. Some men can also be seen scaling the walls of the building and trying to enter through a window. Visuals showed some books strewn on the floor, and a portrait of Rahul Gandhi pulled down off the wall.
In a series of tweets, the Congress in Kerala condemned the vandalism and accused the CPI(M) of “unleashing violence on political opponents.” The SFI is the student wing of the CPI(M).
“MP office of @RGWayanadOffice was vandalised by @SFI_CEC goons. @cpimspeak is unleashing violence on political opponents and the police that files false cases against @INCKerala workers doesn’t act against CPM criminal cadre. The law and order has completely collapsed in Kerala,” the party said in a tweet.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has condemned the attack on Rahul Gandhi’s office, and said that protests should be held democratically and must not turn violent.
“Strongly condemn the attack on Rahul Gandhi’s office in Wayanad. People have every right to protest democratically, but it is wrong when protests turn violence. Stringent action will be taken again against the accused,” the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said.
