Attacked for paying only Rs 500 for Bharat Jodo Yatra, says Kerala man, Congress blames fringe | Watch
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A vegetable vendor in Kerala was allegedly attacked by some Congress workers for not contributing a sufficient amount to the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra.
A vegetable shop owner was allegedly threatened and his shop was vandalised by Congress workers in Kerala's Kollam. Reason -- he could not contribute Rs 2,000 demanded by the party workers for the Congress's ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra.
In a video, S Fawaz, the shop owner, said, "In the name of Bharat Jodo Yatra fund collection, some Congress workers attacked me and my workers. They asked Rs 2,000 but I could give only Rs 500. They threw away vegetables in my shop and also insulted my customers."
"The Congress workers also threatened to kill me and attacked workers in the shop," Fawaz said.
Fawaz claimed that Youth Congress state general secretary H Aneesh Khan was among the five people who vandalised his shop.
After the video went viral, the Congress issued a statement saying the said act was done by "fringe elements" and the party has taken strict action.
"Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee has been doing crowdfunding for years. Their politics runs on small donations at the grassroots. But this should not have happened. These three were clearly fringe elements and exemplary action has been taken immediately by the PCC President," Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said.
