UDF Councillor Mansoor K suffered a shoulder injury, while three other councillors, Hassanuppa P.K. (Muslim League), Saleenabeevi M. (CPM), and Anupama Nair (Congress), collapsed during the ruckus. They were taken to Palakkad District Hospital, where Anupama Nair was admitted to the ICU with a head injury. Chairperson Sasidharan also later sought treatment at the same hospital.

Despite a police presence, authorities struggled to maintain order as political workers from the Youth Congress, DYFI, and BJP entered the premises in support of their respective factions. Police eventually used force to disperse the councillors who had gathered near the chairperson’s chamber.

Outside the municipal office, BJP workers staged a counter-protest, carrying placards demanding the renaming of Palakkad’s Jinnah Street. Chants of “We don’t want Jinnah, we want change” highlighted the deep ideological rift between the ruling BJP and opposition parties.

Chairperson Sasidharan, speaking to the media after the violence, remained resolute: “The agenda was passed with the required majority. The BJP governs the municipality, and we have every right to name the centre as we see fit.”

Tension eased by around 1:30 p.m., after the injured councillors were moved to the hospital and the council premises were cleared.