Thiruvananthapuram: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's three-hour visit here today (Jan 29, 2007) has got the Kerala Police on its toes with the state's southern districts put on red alert. 

Modi is scheduled to arrive in a special flight from Gujarat at 4.30 p.m. The controversial Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister is set to address a Hindu Mahamela organised by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). He is to fly back by 7.30 p.m.

Nearly 1,500 police personnel have been posted in the capital since Saturday night and a few raids were also reportedly conducted.

While the RSS here is joyous over Modi's trip, youth organisations of the Left parties and Muslim organisations are up in arms against the visit and have declared Monday as a day of protest.

However, the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) has asked people to desist from creating trouble and cooperate with the security efforts of the State Government.