Tensions flared in Neyyattinkara in the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, when the activists of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and BJP confronted Tushar Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and a prominent Gandhian social activist. The incident occurred following the unveiling ceremony of a statue honouring Gandhian leader P Gopinathan Nair.