Thiruvananthapuram: Days after Rajesh Edavakode, a worker of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was murdered allegedly by communist activists, his 31-year-old wife Rehena Rajesh can't bear to think about her future with two young children and aged parents.
Rajesh, a member of the overarching right-wing volunteer organisation since the age of 9, was brutally attacked and murdered on July 29. Police say the suspects in the incident had links to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPM, but Rajesh was murdered for personal reasons. The RSS is the ideological mentor of the BJP and is tasked with carving a base for the party in a state traditionally dominated by the ruling Left and the Congress.
The RSS has alleged that CPM-led government in Kerala has been targeting BJP and RSS workers as it is afraid of the BJP's growing influence. "Kerala government is misusing its powers. We want a central agency to probe the killings," said RSS joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale in New Delhi today. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is expected to visit the Kerala on Sunday to visit Rajesh's family.
A CPM activist from Kannur, 43-year-old Sreejan Babu, has been in the Kozhikode's Baby Memorial Hospital for almost a month, after he was brutally attacked by nine masked men - believed to be right-wing activists. His wife Remya Sreejan, a CPM councillor, said, "This is nothing but a conspiracy. We don't even know why he was attacked by our political rivals. And this is not the first time."
However, according to police statistics, 10 RSS or BJP workers have been murdered since February last year while four CPM workers have been killed due to suspected political rivalry.
Rajesh, a member of the overarching right-wing volunteer organisation since the age of 9, was brutally attacked and murdered on July 29. Police say the suspects in the incident had links to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPM, but Rajesh was murdered for personal reasons. The RSS is the ideological mentor of the BJP and is tasked with carving a base for the party in a state traditionally dominated by the ruling Left and the Congress.
The RSS has alleged that CPM-led government in Kerala has been targeting BJP and RSS workers as it is afraid of the BJP's growing influence. "Kerala government is misusing its powers. We want a central agency to probe the killings," said RSS joint general secretary Dattatreya Hosabale in New Delhi today. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is expected to visit the Kerala on Sunday to visit Rajesh's family.
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A CPM activist from Kannur, 43-year-old Sreejan Babu, has been in the Kozhikode's Baby Memorial Hospital for almost a month, after he was brutally attacked by nine masked men - believed to be right-wing activists. His wife Remya Sreejan, a CPM councillor, said, "This is nothing but a conspiracy. We don't even know why he was attacked by our political rivals. And this is not the first time."
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However, according to police statistics, 10 RSS or BJP workers have been murdered since February last year while four CPM workers have been killed due to suspected political rivalry.
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