KOZHIKODE: Congress is preparing strong protests in the state today in response to police roughing up Vadakara MP Shafi Parambil. UDF will hold a protest meeting in Perambra at 3 pm. MP KC Venugopal will inaugurate the protest meeting. Protests continued at many places last night. The police had a tough time ameliorating the protesters. Some activists even blocked the national highway.

The Youth Congress came out in the capital to declare support for Shafi. There was a huge clash during the Secretariat March. In Kollam too, activists staged demonstrations and blockades late into the night. In Chavara, Youth Congress activists blockaded the police station and the road. In Karunagappally, the police forcibly removed the Youth Congress members who were blocking the highway.

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