Police registered cases against members of Social Democratic Party of India and Bharatiya Janata Party for staging demonstrations against each other, in Mettupalayam town, on Thursday.
According to the police, a total of 132 members of SDPI, including 56 women, staged a demonstration in the morning to condemn Mettupalayam municipal chairman Sathish Kumar (BJP) for allegedly not providing basic amenities to the public and poor administration.
Later in the day, a total of 255 BJP cadre, including more than 50 women, staged a demonstration against SDPI, alleging that the party members were trying to create communal disharmony by making false allegations against the municipal chairman.
