BJP workers in Kerala killed on CM’S orders, alleges Shah
NEW DELHI: BJP president Amit Shah on Sunday slammed the CPI(M) government in Kerala over the “political killings” of BJP-RSS workers in the state, saying it was being done to “instil fear” among the people and prevent the BJP from expanding its presence there.
Shah, addressing a Jan Raksha Yatra in the national capital, also alleged that the political killings in Kerala were being carried out on the “orders” of chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan. “Since the CPI(M) government came to power in Kerala, over 120 BJP workers have been killed. They killed them brutally,” Shah said participating in the yatra.
Shah asked when a man can be killed with a bullet “why are the BJP workers being hacked into pieces?” “It is being done because they want to give the message that if anyone supports or joins the BJP, they would be killed. It is being done to instil fear in the minds of the people to not support the BJP there.”
“Remember one thing, BJP workers won’t tolerate many killings of their colleagues. We won’t reply violence with vio- lence as we are not communists but we will spread awareness against political killings.”
Shah also said most of the killings happened in CM Vijayan’s home district, Kannur. “In Kerala, when BJP people are killed, no arrest is made...all the murders are being done on the orders of the chief minister,” he alleged.