BJP lawmaker, Meenakshi Lekhi, in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday slammed the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in the state for “failing” to contain the killing of RSS and BJP workers. She added that from God’s own country, Kerala has transformed into “God’s forsaken country”.
Tossing the issue in the Parliament during the Zero Hour, Lekhi, alleged that the political opponents were being killed in “Talibani style” in the state and even workers of Congress, CPI and Muslim League have been targetted. Adding to this, another BJP lawmaker, Prahlad Joshi, said that 17 BJP and RSS workers have been killed in Kerala in the last 17 months and demanded an investigation into the deaths by either the CBI or the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Mr Joshi alleged that “terrorists” were involved in the killings.
These remarks drew sharp reactions from the Left parties. Lekhi, the BJP lawmaker from New Delhi constituency, said: “the God’s own country has transformed into God’s forsaken country.” She also read out names of 14 BJP and RSS workers who were killed in Kerala in the last few months and wondered whether anyone in the House knew their names.
“People will immediately connect if someone talks about Pehlu Khan or Akhlaq. But nobody knows about the people killed in Kerala,” Ms Lekhi said. She added that seven children from the families of RSS and BJP workers were targeted. “One Rajesh had received 80 wounds. His hands were chopped off. People are being killed in a Taliban style. A total of 40 Congress workers were also killed in Kannur,” she claimed.
