BJP chief Amit Shah on Sunday launched a scathing attack against the left parties over “politics of violence” let loose by them in Kerala as he led a march in Delhi as part of the BJP’s second leg of the Jan Raksha Yatra. The CPI(M) alleged that the BJP’s march was aimed at diverting public attention from the “growing discontent” against the Modi Government.
While highlighting “left atrocities” in Kerala, the BJP president hit out at Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, alleging that the maximum killings of BJP and RSS workers have taken place in the latter’s home district.
“Since the left came to power in Kerala, several workers of the BJP and Sangh (RSS) have been killed. The killings are brutal, bodies are chopped into pieces. It is done to terrorise those who support the BJP that they will meet the same fate. But the more muck of murders they spread, the lotus will bloom better,” Shah said.
Shah along with Delhi BJP leaders marched from central Delhi’s Connaught Place to the CPI(M) headquarters in the Gole Market area, a distance of about 1.5 kms. Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari, Union Minister Alphons Kannanthanam and the party’s lok Sabha MPs from the national Capital joined the protest.
BJP president said the blame for the spate of killings falls squarely on Vijayan, considering that the maximum number of such killings have taken place in the “Chief Minister’s home district”.
“Politics of violence is in their (communists’) nature. It is not a coincidence that the maximum political violence is reported from West Bengal, Tripura and Kerala where the communists have been in power for long. Wherever they have been in power, they have turned the political culture into that of violence,” he said.
In response, CPM criticised the Jan Raksha Yatra, saying it was aimed at diverting public attention from the “growing discontent” against the Modi Government.
After Shah led a march to the CPI(M) office here, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury addressed a Press conference there, claiming that the BJP campaign was a “flop show”.
He said the BJP protest near the office of CPI(M) was “unprecedented” in Indian democracy and a reflection of “tendencies of fascism” coming to the fore in Indian politics with BJP ruling at the Centre.
“The BJP president had to flee from Kerala as there was no response from the people. Here (in Delhi), he just flagged the protest march at Connaught Place but did not arrive at the (protest) meeting venue which is an indication that he himself realises that it is a flop,” Yechury said.
The Jan Raksha Yatra was launched by Shah from Kannur district on October 3 and it will conclude on October 17 at Thiruvananthapuram. BJP Chief will again join the BJP’s march in Kerlala n October 17.