thiruvananthapuram union defence minister arun jaitley on sunday visited the family of a rss pracharak recently murdered in the state capital in an apparent attempt to turn the issue of political killings in kerala into a national embarrassment for the cpm after visiting family of murdered rss pracharak rajesh jaitley expressed alarm at the barbarity of the violence and its frequency the kind of injuries inflicted on rajesh would embarrass even terrorists i appeal to all political parties to take necessary steps to ensure that this atmosphere ceases the state needs peace it deserves peace he said pointing out that the onus of curbing violence rested mainly on the ruling party in the state jaitley bemoaned the attempt to establish a fake equivalence between the cpm and the bjp on the issue of political killings just because the cpm too suffered fatalities being the party in power the cpm has the responsibility to bring peace cadres feel emboldened when their party come to power the cpm needs peace it deserves peace jaitley told reporters at a news conference i have come here to express solidarity with my party workers i was told through the media that there are victims among left parties also i have no difficulty in meeting them if anybody wants to meet me im available but attempts to establish a fake equivalence between victims and perpetrators cant be accepted he said