Will Kerala CM take responsibility for political violence? Asks Shah
October 17, 2017  20:00
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Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah today hit out at Kerala's Communist Party of India Marxist-led Left Democratic Front government over the political violence in the state, asking Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan
if he was prepared to take moral responsiblity for the "killing of 13 innocent BJP/RSS workers."
Addressing party workers at the Puthrikandam maidan in Thiruvananthapuram on the conclusion of the party's 15-day 'Jan Raksha' Yatra in the state, Shah alleged that the 13 workers were killed after the present government came to power in May last year.
"I am asking the Kerala chief minister, whether he is prepared to take moral responsiblity for the killing of 13 BJP/RSS workers in the state after the LDF government came to power."
"CM saheb, if you want to fight us, let us fight in terms of development and ideology," he said.
Shah said if the Marxist party feels that BJP/RSS workers can be eliminated through violence even after 70 years of independence, "they are mistaken."
"I will like to tell CPI-M that it is not possible," the BJP chief said.
He also asked Vijayan whether people had given him the mandate for elimination of BJP/RSS workers in the state.
Earlier, Shah walked with party workers for about two km from the Martyr's column at Palayam to Putharikandam maidan, near the famous Padmanabhaswamy temple.
The BJP chief waved and acknowledged greetings from thousands of BJP workers as he joined the yatra led by state party president, Kummanam Rajasekharan.
He also paid tributes to party workers who had lost their lives in political violence in the state before addressing the public meeting.
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