CHENNAI:on aprial 2 Hundreds of Congress workers agitated before the State party headquarters Satyamurthi Bhavan here on Wednesday protesting against the denial of the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat to the party.

The party workers, who came to the city in the morning from various towns in Kanyakumari district, enforced a ‘blockade’ on the Bhavan ignoring assurances by Tamil Nadu Congress Committee president K.V.Thangkabalu and party treasurer D.Sudarssanam that their sentiments would be conveyed to the high command.

Led by party MLAs S.Jayapaul and S.John Jacob and former MLAs Pon.Vijayaraghavan and Kumaradoss, all belonging to Kanyakumari district, they asked their leaders not to settle for anything other than the allotment of the seat to the party.