BJP to fight Kerala polls on Hindutva: State chief Kummanam Rajasekharan , Kummanam Rajasekharan , kerala polls , Hindutva, BJP, Kerala assembly election 2016, Kerala assembly polls 2016
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BJP to fight Kerala polls on Hindutva: State chief Kummanam Rajasekharan , Kummanam Rajasekharan , kerala polls , Hindutva, BJP, Kerala assembly election 2016, Kerala assembly polls 2016
NEW DELHI: The BJP will fight the 2016 Kerala assembly election "to reinstate the position of Hindus" in a state where they have been "massively exploited" for over half a century by governments led by the Congress and Communists, the party's new state president, Kummanam Rajasekharan, said.
"In all these years, just once, and that too for a very short period, did Kerala have a Hindu education minister. Hindus of Kerala are the most marginalised. They get no social justice from the country. The state doesn't feel responsible towards them as they are not a political force," Rajasekharan told ET in an interview.
Rajasekharan, a RSS pracharak for more than 35 years, has often been referred to as the 'Togadia of South' for his hardline Hindutva stand and firebrand style. He was handpicked by BJP national chief Amit Shah last month to lead the party in the state where it has never won any assembly or Lok Sabha seat. The appointment was considered strange, as Rajasekharan has never been a functionary within the BJP, and it was seen by many as aimed at tackling factionalism within the party.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Rajasekharan during his Kerala visit last month to convince him to take up the responsibility, sources said.
"I am just an RSS missionary trying to rescue the state from antinational elements," he said. "Hindus in Kerala have never been a political force. They have no bargaining capacity. They are disintegrated. They have to be united."