On Monday, the ruling front faced flak from the Opposition on two separate fronts.
The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) of forcing the closure of a hardware store at Mathamangalam in Kannur by staging an “unlawful, intimidatory and protracted” picketing in front of the outlet.
The death of a youth in a country bomb blast at a marriage ceremony in Kannur also prompted the Opposition parties to accuse the Communist Party of India (Marxist) of promoting criminal gangs that fabricated lethal explosives and stockpiled sharp-edged weapons in party safehouses forbidden to the local law enforcement.
