BJP delegation meets President over Kerala violence

New Delhi, May 22  A delegation of BJP leaders led by union minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday met President Pranab Mukhrejee here and gave him a memorandum over violence against party workers in Kerala.

The delegation lodged a formal protest with the President over the violence which took place in Kerala on May 19-20 during the celebration of the Left Democratic Front's victory in the state assembly polls.

A Bharatiya Janata Party worker named V.R. Pramod of Kodungalloor in Thrissur district of Kerala was allegedly attacked by CPI-M workers during a victory procession. He later died.