Arun Jaitley reaches Kerala, to visit slain RSS worker Rajesh's family

Union Finance minister Arun Jaitley arrived in Kerala on Saturday to meet the family of slain RSS worker Rajesh. In a bid to put the spotlight on political killings in Kerala that have moved from Kannur to Thiruvananthapuram.

Meanwhile, members of the CPM staged protests outside the Kerala Raj Bhavan against attacks of its members.

Jaitley's visit comes in the backdrop of the RSS demanding either a judicial or central agency probe into their workers being targetted by the CPM. Claiming that the killings are state-sponsored violence, the RSS and the BJP have accused the Pinarayi Vijayan led LDF government of doing precious little to



stop the violence.

Arun Jaitley's visit is aimed at putting the CPM in Kerala in a spot of bother. However, the violence in the state is retaliatory. Many CPM activists have also been murdered by those suspected to have been affiliated to the Sangh Parivar.

Under pressure, Cheif Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had called for an all-party meeting last week. It has now been decided to hold peace meetings ins sensitive districts in a bid to discourage cadres from indulging in violence. Jaitley's visit is a symbolic move by the BJP to show the RSS as well as the CPM that incidents from Kerala are being watched and not tolerated.