Palakkad, June 16 -- The Kottayi Police closed the Congress Constituency Committee office at Kottayi near Alathur in Palakkad district on Monday, following a clash between the CPI(M) and Congress workers over the ownership of the office.
A tense situation prevailed in Kottayi and surrounding areas after the incident and large number of police were camping in the site.
The conflict erupted after Kottayi Congress Mandalam committee President K Mohan Kumar and 14 other Congress workers resigned from the party due to internal feud and disagreements and officially joined the CPI(M) earlier in the day. They were welcomed at a CPI(M) district Committee function held in Palakkad office.
Later, in the afternoon, Mohan Kumar, along with CPI(M) wo...