K Surendran said that the Moplahs who supported the pro-Taliban stand were trying to whitewash the riots.
He alleged that both the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF and the Congress-led UDF opposition are playing different politics after the insurgents came to power in the neighboring country.
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BJP state president K Surendran on Saturday alleged that mainstream political parties in Kerala are in a race to support the Taliban after the terror group came to power. Afghanistan. He alleged that both the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF and the Congress-led UDF opposition are playing different politics after the insurgents came to power in the neighboring country.
He further alleged that those who took a pro-Taliban stand were trying to whitewash the Moplah riots that took place in the state in 1921. “In Kerala, mainstream political parties are vying with each other to support the Taliban. Political leaders are fueling religious extremism in the state by offering milk and honey.”
Attacking the Left government and its police force, the BJP leader said they were taking an “irresponsible” stand as extremist forces were gaining strength in the state. He termed as “serious” the recent capture of a group of youth from Jammu and Kashmir with unlicensed firearms in the state.
Surendran’s statements assume significance in the wake of the debate in Kerala over whether the Malabar Rebellion aka the “Mopla (Muslim) Rebellion” reported in the northern part of the state in the year 1921, was a rebellion against the British or a communal riot. Was. While the CPI(M) has described the rebellion as the most organized movement against exploitation by feudal landlords, the Congress has described it as a dazzling movement against anti-imperialist forces.
While the BJP and the RSS have described the insurgency as one of the first manifestations of the Taliban mentality in India, the Left and Congress strongly opposed the move to treat it as part of India’s freedom struggle.
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