In an effort to protest against the alleged killings of BJP-RSS party workers in Kerala, BJP President Amit Shah launched the Jan Raksha Movement in Kerala on Tuesday.

Blaming the communist state government for the killings, Shah claimed that more than 120 BJP workers have been murdered in the state, which includes 85 people who were murdered in the hometown of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, Kannur. For the same reason, Kannur was chosen as the starting point of the movement which will be carried out as padyatras across the nation.