BJP president Amit Shah visits injured RSS leader in hospital at Kattayikkonam

Thiruvananthapuram: The BJP is understood to have decided to showcase the attack on its cadre at Kattayikkonam allegedly the CPM activists on the national arena. The visit of BJP president Amit Shah to the city and his meeting with Amal Krishna, the RSS taluk karyavah who was injured in the attack, is part of the strategy, according to party sources.

Mr Shah, who had no other scheduled programme in the city, on his arrival in from Chennai in a chartered flight late on Wednesday evening went straight to the hospital where Mr Krishna was admitted.

Mr Krishna, 26-year-old RSS worker, was seriously injured in clashes between CPM and BJP workers at Kattayikonam on March 14. Initially the BJP leaders were keen to shift the injured youth who is an MTech degree holder to All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi. But later they expressed satisfaction at the medical treatment he got at the private hospital here. He had suffered severe head injuries in the attack. He was offered ventilator support initially, but has now been shifted to a room where his condition is improving after a neuro surgery. Soon after the attack, the BJP had alleged that the CPM was resorting to violence fearing a defeat in polls.

Former BJP State president and election committee convener V. Muraleedharan was also attacked in the clashes between BJP and CPM workers at Kattayikonam near Pothencode. In fact Muraleedharan is the BJP’s candidate from Kazhakoottam Assembly constituency where Kattayikonam also falls.