THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Union minister Alphons Kannanthanam said that BJP state secretary K Surendran was arrested in a non-democratic manner. Kannanthanam raised the allegation in his Facebook post. "A government which does not act according to people's needs do not have place in the democracy. The people have chosen them for only five years, not for a life time. Surendran has complained to the magistrate about the thrashing he had to suffer from the police. This should be condemned. The government should try to settle this issue", said Kannanthanam