Thiruvananthapuram, Aug. 13 -- Following a clash between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers, Kerala BJP President Rajeev Chandrashekhar alleged "brutal assault" against party workers by the police.

Speaking to ANI on Wednesday, Chandrashekhar said that the BJP workers marched to the CPI-M's office as a response to their protest march against Union Minister Suresh Gopi.

"The clash was not between the BJP and the CPI-M workers. The CPM workers came and defaced the Union Minister's (Suresh Gopi) office. In protest, when BJP workers marched to the CPI-M office, as anyone would do with any self-respect and pride, the police launched a brutal assault on the workers," the State BJP chief said.

He added...