Shah meets heads of various Hindu mutts in poll-bound Kerala

Union Home Minister Amit Shah offered prayers at Sri Ramakrishna Ashram here and met the heads of various Hindu mutts in Kerala during his visit to the poll-bound state on Sunday. Shah also attended a core committee meeting of the party’s office bearers.

Assembly elections in Kerala is scheduled to be held on April 6.

He addressed the valedictory function of a campaign rally, Vijaya Yatra, led by the BJP’s state chief K Surendran at Shanghumugham. The campaign was flagged-off from Kasaragod on February 21 by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adiyanath.

Addressed the @BJP4Keralam’s Vijaya Yatra in Shanghumugham. The Vijaya Yatra has concluded today with the commitment of creating an Aatmanirbhar Kerala. The LDF and UDF has nothing to do with the development of the state they are only concerned about their vote bank. pic.twitter.com/2OukI8j8MV

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) March 7, 2021

“The Vijaya Yatra has concluded today with the commitment of creating an aatmanirbhar (self-reliant) Kerala. The LDF and UDF have nothing to do with the development of the state they are only concerned about their vote bank,” Shah tweeted.

He also met representatives of 27 mutts from across the state at Sri Ramakrishna Ashram at Sasthamangalam in the state capital here.

During a public meeting, Kerala Peoples Party chief and actor Devan joined the BJP. Apart from him, Actor Radha, former bureaucrat K V Balakrishnan, ex-Congress leader Pandalam Prathapan also joined the saffron party in presence of Shah.

Earlier, Shah visited Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. He will return to Delhi on Sunday itself.

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