Adityanath claimed that Kerala has been witnessing political violence sponsored by the ruling party.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath led a rally in Kerala on Wednesday to campaign against the killings of its workers. Adityanath was joined by Kerala BJP chief Kummanam Rajashekharan in the seven-kilometre march.
The 'Jan Raksha' (protect the people) march was launched by BJP chief Amit Shah on Tuesday to highlight the CPI(M)'s alleged violence against BJP and RSS workers. Shah, who is on a three-day visit to the state, will take part in a rally in Kannur.
As many as 120 BJP-RSS workers, 84 in Kannur district alone, have been killed in the state since 2001. As many as 14 of them were killed in Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's home district, Kannur, since he took over the reins last year, the BJP has alleged.
Adityanath claimed that Kerala has been witnessing political violence sponsored by the ruling party. He asked the Left Front government to learn governance from him. "We effectively dealt with the threat of dengue and chikungunya while over 300 people have died of dengue in Kerala," he said.
He added that the state government was not taking adequate steps to check a "dangerous trend" like 'love jihad'. The apex court had on August 16 directed the National Investigative Agency to probe whether there was a wider pattern of 'love jihad'. The couple, on whom the case is pegged, belongs to Kerala. Several Hindutva groups have alleged a conspiracy behind cases of marriage between Muslim men and Hindu women, and have termed the trend as 'love jihad'.
Meanwhile, CPI(M) announced a counter nationwide march on October 9. Addressing a press conference, CPI(M) General secretary Sitaram Yechury said, "The entire cycle of violence was started by the RSS on the day Assembly election results were announced in Kerala last year. We will launch a nationwide protest against what RSS is doing in Kerala."
While talking about the BJP's Jan Raksha Yatra, the CPI(M) leader said, "It's a case of the pot calling the kettle black. CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat said the UP CM should learn from the hospitals and health system in Kerala, in order to help the poor children of his own place, Gorakhpur."
In a change of plans, Shah – who was supposed to take stock of the electoral preparations in Karnataka – flew directly to Delhi. While state leaders only said he had returned to Delhi owing to some pressing work, sources said the factionalism in BJP in the state was what informed the decision. What further fuelled the speculation was that Shah held a meeting of Karnataka BJP leaders in Delhi on Wednesday evening.
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