8 Jun 2009, PTI
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Protest demonstrations and public meetings marked the 'black day' observed by CPM in Kerala today to protest Governor R S Gavai's decision to accord sanction to CBI to prosecute former minister and CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan in a graft case.
The 'black day' did not affect normal life in the state, except in Kannur district, considered to be party stronghold and home town of Vijayan, where a 'hartal' was observed.
Except for stray incidents of attack on buses, private vehicles in Alappuzha, Idukki, Kozhikode and Palakkad districts, the protest passed off without any major incidents in other parts of the state, police said.
In some places, the protesters also blocked roads causing inconvenience to public, police said. Educational institutions remained closed in some parts where the district administration had declared a holiday in view of the protest.
CPI-M workers took out a protest march here to Raj Bhavan and speakers condemned Gavai's decision yesterday to give sanction to prosecute Vijayan in the SNC-Lavalin case.
In Kannur, a group of protesters attacked the office of the Mathrubhumi daily at Thalassery in which the window panes were damaged. A few bundles of the Malayala Manorama daily were set on fire at the Muncipal bus-stand early today
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