Amit Shah in Kerala: BJP president offers prayers at Taliparamba's Rajarajeswara Temple   

Kannur: BJP president Amit Shah offered prayers at the famous Rajarajeswara Temple in Taliparamba. The senior BJP leader arrived at Mangalore airport early this morning and reached the temple by road from Bakel, an official in the party’s state media department said. He was accompanied by state BJP leaders. Shah was received by temple authorities. The BJP president, who spent 30 minutes at the temple, offered a golden pot to the deity. The Rajarajeswara Temple at Taliparamba is a famous Shiva temple in North Malabar. After offering prayers, Shah proceeded to Payyannur to launch the 15-day march in the state against the alleged ‘red terrorism’ unleashed by the Left party against BJP and Sangh Parivar workers.

BJP National President Shri @AmitShah will launch #JanaRakshaYatra in Kerala tomorrow against leftist violence. pic.twitter.com/ux0g4y5aV8

— Office of Amit Shah (@AmitShahOffice) October 2, 2017

The Janaraksha Yatra (people’s protection march) from Payyannur will travel through the state before culminating in Thiruvananthapuram on 17 October. Several Union ministers will also participate in the march under the theme of “All have to live!! Against Jihadi-Red Terror.” As many as 120 BJP workers, 84 in Kannur alone, have been killed in the state since 2001 with 14 of them in the chief minister’s home town since he took over the reigns last year, the BJP has alleged. The CPM has, in turn, accused the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of resorting to violence and denied the involvement of its government and leadership in political killings.