THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Minister E P Jayarajan has said the protest being held by the Opposition following the fire incident in Secretariat violated Covid protocol.

He alleged that the BJP and Congress had jointly planned violent protest and the BJP leaders entered Secretariat with sticks and weapons.

“The Opposition’s protest is childish. They schemed for arson. The Congress men who came after the BJP also barged into the Secretariat breaching security cordon,” he said.

The minister said that the government handed over to the NIA officials all files demanded by them and none of the important documents was destroyed.