THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Congress has launched state-wide protests demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Conflicts erupted amid the Youth Congress march to the secretariat. The police fired water cannons at the protestors.

The Youth Congress activists were seen chanting provocative slogans. The protestors also tried to barge into the secretariat. The Mahila Congress protested by cooking biriyani and burning the effigy of the chief minister.

Stones were pelted during the Youth Congress march in Kozhikode. Two women officers sustained injuries. The Youth Congress is protesting for the chief minister’s resignation in the wake of the recent revelations by Swapna Suresh, an accused in the gold smuggling case.