In the thick of tension pervasive in the Left-ruled state of Kerala over lynching of RSS workers, Defence minister Arun Jaitley has reached the capital city of Thiruvanathapuram to quell the unrest.

On top agenda, Arun Jaitley met the family of RSS worker Rajesh who was hacked to death on July 29 allegedly by a mob with links to CPI(M) or CPM.

Met family members of slain #RSS Karyakarta Shri #RajeshEdavakode in Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 6, 2017 pic.twitter.com/oDgDDmPWAX - Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) August 6, 2017

Addressing a meet after meeting Rajesh's kin, Jaitley condemned the dastardly attack and said that even an 'enemy of a country doesn't do this'.

He further added that his sacrifice will inspire every party worker and urged all cadres to help the family in this tough time.

Jaitley will also meet another RSS leader- Jayaprakash who was brutally injured in a CPM attack, some eight months back.

The visit by BJP's top minister comes the same day as the all-party meet called by the Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan and a day after CPI(M) and BJP-RSS leaders met in Kannur to discuss the political killings.

After the meet, both parties said that within the next 10 days they will instruct their party cadres to not indulge in any violent activity.

Meanwhile, families of CPM workers who were killed or injured in similar violent clashes with RSS cadres are staging a sit-in protest in front of the Raj Bhavan.

CPI(M) cadres protest Defence minister Arun Jaitley's visit to Kerala in front of Raj Bhavan. CPI(M) cadres protest Defence minister Arun Jaitley's visit to Kerala in front of Raj Bhavan.

Jaitley's day plan includes an interactive session with the aggrieved families of RSS or BJP workers, who were attacked by CPM cadres.

However, BJP minister's selective concern for the victims of political killing has not gone down well with a CPI(M) worker's wife.

AK Remya, President of Eranholi Pachayath has written an open letter to the visiting minister, urging him to pay her family a visit, for they too are victims of this political ploy.

Remya's husband Sreejan Babu (43) is battling the injuries sustained in the murderous attack on him allegedly by RSS cadres. Attacked on July 3, Babu was left to die in his pool of blood but rushed to the hospital on time. Babu has undergone seven surgeries till now and is slated for two more.

Arun Jaitley's visit comes in tow of RSS Joint General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale appeal for a judicial inquiry in to the murders of party cadres.

On Friday, Hosabable in addition to condemning the fatal attacks, also urged the state government to take responsibility for its lopsided administration.

Kerala's political ground has always been fraught with ideological dissent, but over the past few years it has only fuelled violent attacks on both party cadres.

The recent turmoil that the state finds itself erupted after 34-year-old RSS worker Rajesh was mercilessly stabbed to death in broad daylight.

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