THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Hitting out at the RSS, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday alleged the organisation used even children to plot murders in the State.
Replying to questions by John Fernandez MLA in the Assembly about RSS’ activities in the state, Pinarayi said when a child joined the RSS, neither his/her humanity nor cultural consciousness got enhanced. “The biggest allegation is it drains out the child’s humanity,” said Pinarayi who accused the RSS leadership of training its cadre for organising and conducting various attacks.
He also alleged the intention behind murdering the madrassa teacher in Kasargod was to unleash communal riots. “The murderers had no enmity toward the victim. Clearly, their intention was to trigger communal riots,” he said.
Criticising the Congress, he said many of its members and leaders were allegedly shifting their allegiance to the RSS which, he alleged, assassinated Mahatma Gandhi.
“The government will seriously consider adopting measures to curb the practice of using places like schools and religious institutions for weapons training,” he said. “The different tiers of RSS leadership have several safe houses in Kerala and outside where they hide perpetrators of various attacks,” he said.
The question regarding RSS’ activities was the first poser of the fifth session of the 14th Kerala Assembly which began on Tuesday.