BJP to raise Kannur violence in Parliament
PTI, The Hindu
March 9, 2008
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200803091440.htm

BJP on Sunday said it will raise the political violence in Kerala's Kannur district in Parliament on Monday even as RSS warned it will not tolerate attacks on its workers and will take the CPI(M) head-on.

"We condemn the murder culture of the CPI(M). They have done it in Nandigram and have been doing it for several years in Kerala," BJP Deputy leader in the Lok Sabha V K Malhotra said.

He said the party will raise the issue in Parliament on Monday.

Malhotra claimed that BJP and RSS workers, demonstrating outside CPI(M) headquarters here, were attacked and around 15 activists were injured when stone were pelted on them from inside the Marxist party office.

RSS leader Ram Madhav said in the last five days "Marxist goonda elements" again resorted to barbarous violence in Kannur killing five BJP-RSS activists and seriously injuring dozens of workers.

"When our members were peacefully demonstrating outside the Marxist party office, Marxist elements displayed their fascist violent attitude like in Nandigram and Kannur," he said.

Madhav claimed around 20 people were injured in the attack which further shows Marxist party's scant respect for democracy.

"RSS cannot be cowed down by violence. We will take it head-on. We only want to ask Kerala government to take immediate steps to restore peace and don't expect us to take it lyingly," Madhav said.