Amit Shah announces a two-week ‘padyatra’ in all state capitals against violence
Kerala: Three BJP workers were attacked by suspected CPI(M) workers in Neeleswaram town in Kasargod district, the police said.
The attack last night came ahead of the launch of ‘Jan Raksha Yatra’ scheduled for today by the saffron party.
The attack took place around 9:30 pm when BJP workers were decorating a part of the National Highway-66 for the 15-day march, which will be launched by BJP chief Amit Shah.
BJP Kasargod district secretary Sreekanth alleged that nearly 20 CPI(M) workers attacked BJP activists without provocation, while they were decorating a road side at Neeleswaram market.
Flex boards, tube-lights and a two-wheeler were also damaged, he said
Meanwhile BJP chief Amit Shah today announced a two-week ‘padyatra’ in all state capitals from tomorrow against the CPI(M)’s alleged targeting of his party’s workers.
Addressing a rally in the CPI(M) bastion, also the home town of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Shah said Vijayan was responsible for the violence in the state. BJP workers were victims of “political murders”, he added.
Shah is here to launch a fortnight-long march, called Jan Raksha Yatra, by the party in the state to protest alleged political violence by the Left party.
He said his party would use democratic means to fight Left rule in the state.
“CPI(M) leader and Kerala Chief Minister Vijayan is directly responsible for all political murders in Kerala,” he alleged.
As many as 120 BJP workers, 84 in Kannur alone, have been killed in the state since 2001. Fourteen people were killed in Kannur since the CPI(M) came to power last year, the BJP had said yesterday.
(With inputs from PTI)
