BJP

Kerala

Deshabhimani

on Saturday

floods

2.00 am

A concerted campaign has been initiated by theand Sangh Parivar to besmirch the image ofwhen the state is struggling to recover from devastation caused by recent deluge. The aim of Sangh Parivar is to block financial assistance pouring in from within and outside the country.However, the hate campaign seems to have taken a turn for the worst with BJP state leaders taking to social media with edited versions of Wikipedia to portray Kerala as unsupportive when other states were in distress.The ruling CPI (M) mouthpiececarried a report accusing the Sangh Parivar of stabbing Kerala in the back when it was struggling collectively to recover from the damages caused by the deluge. For instance, in a Facebook post, BJP State General Secretary K Surendran records that Kerala had not extended any helping hand to other states during times of distress. He has put out a list which states that during the 2013 Uttarakhand, which claimed 5,748 lives, the Centre contributed Rs 1000 crore while Kerala’s contribution was 'zero' crore.Similarly in the 2015 Tamil Nadu floods, which claimed over 500 lives, the Centre’s contribution was Rs 1,940 crore while Kerala’s contribution was nil. The list goes on and finally concludes with a query asking why CPI (M) and jihadis are unleashing a hate campaign against the Centre, saying it has contributed only Rs 100 crore to Kerala."Identify the jihadis and the CPI (M) men," the post cautions.The state BJP President PS Sreedharan Pillai also made a similar statement a couple of days ago. The fact that Kerala has contributed when disaster struck other states has been deleted from Wikipedia. For instance, in the case of Uttarakhand the sentence "Kerala offered 20 million rupees and the state govt employees have donated their one day salary," has been edited out of the website, points out Deshabhimani.A user named 'Jyotiprakashnabajiban' had edited and removed the portion on the night of August 24. This account was created aroundon the same day, but it does not exist anymore.