RSS boss Mohan Bhagwat hoists national flag in Kerala in spite of collector’s notice

Defying the direction of Kerala collector, RSS leader Mohan Bhagwat went ahead and unfurled the national flag in a school in Palakkad on the occasion of 70th Independence day/ ABP News image

Protestors take part in a protest against the killing of Rajesh Edavakode, a worker from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) organisation/ AFP image

Kerala: District collector had issued a memorandum against RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, and stopped him from unfurling the national flag at Karnakiamman School in Palakkad/ ABP News image

The RSS’ two-day meet began in Palakkad today in which its chief Mohan Bhagwat is participating. BJP chief Amit Shah will take part in a ‘padyatra’ from Payyannur in Kannur district to Thiruvananthapuram from September 7 to highlight the political violence “unleashed” by the ruling CPI(M) in Kerala, the party said yesterday.

The RSS-BJP and the CPI(M) have been at loggerheads in Kerala, particularly its northern parts, after the Left Democratic Front came to power in the state last year./ PTI image