Overview
- On Monday, a council meeting in Thiruvananthapuram broke into a physical scuffle after opposition councillors tried to sign the attendance register and minutes book and BJP members sought to take possession of those records.
- Opposition leaders accused BJP education committee chair Chempazhanthy Udayan of assaulting Congress councillors and tearing pages from the register, while the BJP denied the charge and said UDF members tried to tamper with the document.
- Museum police have registered a First Information Report after complaints by two Congress councillors, naming four BJP councillors for wrongful restraint and voluntarily causing hurt and beginning a formal investigation.
- BJP councillor R. Sugathan remains detained under the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act at Viyyur Central Prison and has not retaken the Kerala High Court‑ordered oath, leaving open the legal question of disqualification for prolonged absence.
- The clash deepens a wider political standoff in the only municipal corporation the BJP controls in Kerala, with injured LDF councillors staging an ambulance protest, Opposition requests for state intervention, and both sides signaling further legal moves.