CPI(M)’S violence can’t stop us: Shah ›

Violence is trademark of communists, and political murders only multiplied after they came to power in Kerala... The more mud CM Vijayan slings, the better the lotus will bloom in the state. AMIT SHAH, BJP president

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP president Amit Shah slammed Kerala’s Pinarayi Vijayan government on Tuesday, stating that the Left Front will be thrown out of power if it continues to indulge in “politics of hatred and intolerance”.

Addressing the valedictory session of the party’s two-weeklong Janraksha Yatra in the state capital, Shah said it was sad that people with differing political views were not being allowed to function in certain parts of Kerala even after Independence.

“I would like to ask the CM if the mandate he received from the people was for developing the state or liquidating his political opponents? It is sad that the maximum number of political murders in the state occurred in his district – Kannur. He has to take responsibility for this,” he said.

Shah had flagged off the Janraksha Yatra from Kannur in north Kerala on October 3.

“Violence is the trademark of communists, and political murders only multiplied after they came to power in Kerala,” he said, adding that violence cannot curb BJP’S growth in the state.

Shah also accused the ruling front of evolving a discreet understanding with the Congress. “There is a secret deal between the two, which is why no action has been taken against former CM Oommen Chandy despite his indictment by a judicial commission,” he said.

The BJP president said the Left government will soon succumb to its own politics of violence, just like the Congress capitulated to its “legacy of corruption and dynastic politics”. “The CPI(M) can unleash as much violence as it wants, but it can’t stop our ideology. The more mud CM Vijayan slings, the better will the lotus bloom in Kerala,” he said.

He also criticised CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury for objecting to the BJP organising rallies outside the headquarters of rival parties.

HC DIRECTIVE TO GOVT The Kerala HC on Tuesday directed the state government to spell out its stand on a CBI probe into the alleged political killings of RSS, BJP activists that took place in the state after CPI(M)-LED LDF came to power.

Hearing a petition filed by Thalassery-based Gopalan Adiyodi Vakkeel Smaraka Trust, the HC directed the government to file a counter affidavit by October 25.