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Kerala: RSS worker's murder would've ashamed even terrorists, says Jaitley

Attack against Rajesh is not a mere killing of an RSS worker, but a message to Dalits: RSS

Kerala: RSS worker's murder would've ashamed even terrorists, says Jaitley
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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley visiting the family members of slain RSS worker Rajesh Edavakode who was brutally killed last week allegedly by a group of CPI(M) supporters, in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. Photo: PTI

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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ideologue Rakesh Sinha on Monday compared the Communist Party of India (Marxist) to Taliban.

Rakesh Sinha said, "The kind of attack and violence the CP(M) are perpetuating in Kerala makes them no different than talibanis."

Claiming that the pattern of killings that have been happening in Kerala is distinct, Sinha said that the CP(M) are killing Dalit activists because they are dejecting them and coming to RSS.

"Attack against Rajesh is not a mere killing of an RSS worker, but a message to Dalits, who constitute 9.2 percent of Kerala's population, that they cannot choose party and ideology according

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