Crude bomb hurled at BJP office

A crude bomb was hurled at a BJP office in the heart of the city here, with the party alleging that CPI(M) workers were behind the attack.
No one was injured in the incident, police said.
The incident occurred around midnight last night, shortly after BJP state president Kummanam Rajasekharan had left the office for Kozhikode, where preparations are on for the three-day National Executive and Council meeting from September 23 which is being attended by senior party leaders and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party sources said.
At least four workers were on the top floor of the building, housing the office, when the bomb was hurled.

Though no one was injured, glass panes of the main entrance door were damaged in the incident, Thiruvananthapuram City Police Commissioner S Sparjan Kumar told PTI.
The incident comes close on the heels of a series of sporadic clashes between CPI(M) and BJP workers in the past few months in northern Kannur district.

Rajasekharan alleged that CPI(M), the lead partner of the ruling LDF in Kerala, had taken law into its hands and police was a "mere spectator."
"Violence of the CPI(M) is increasing each day. A BJP activist was hacked to death in Kannur recently and CPI(M) is behind it," he told reporters at Kozhikode.

"Despite so many incidents, CPI(M) leaders and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who is also holding the Home portfolio, have not condemned the series of attacks against BJP and its workers," he said.
BJP leaders P K Krishnadas and M T Ramesh slammed the CPI(M), saying the bomb attack against the party office should not be seen as an "isolated" incident.
"This is a calculated and well planned attack against the BJP and CPI(M) is behind it," they said. All flex boards in front of the office were also destroyed, Krishnadas said.
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Meanwhile, CPI(M) said the BJP's allegations against it were "baseless" and it had no connection with the incident.

BJP's allegations are malafide, and people will reject them, the party said.
"The incident is highly condemnable. Anti-social elements connected with the incident should be immediately arrested", CPI(M) Thiruvananthapuram district secretary, Anavoor Nagappan, said in a statement.
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Meanwhile, state BJP president Kummanam Rajasekharan said the party would observe tomorrow as 'black day' to protest against the attack.
Alleging that CPI(M) was behind the incident, he said "CPI(M) can not destroy our party with bombs and daggers. We will fight back to protect ourselves, if there is no other way".
Rajasekharan was here to attend a review meeting on the preparations for BJP's national council and national executive meetings scheduled to held from September 23 to 25.

He accused the CPI(M) of unleashing violence on BJP and RSS workers in Kerala and alleged that the Left party was not allowing others to function in the state.