Kerala CPM targets anti-conversion drive

8220;The statement of Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Kummanam Rajasekharan on the Maramon Convention is a blatant challenge to the secular forces in the state8221;, the committee said.

The state leadership warned the VHP of 8220;stern rebuff8221; to its attempts to foment communalism in Kerala. The party also called upon other secular forces to fight communal forces.

It may be recalled that the Hindu Aikya Vedi, a forum of 40 Hindu organisations, had announced at its convention here on Sunday that it would launch an intensive anti-conversion campaign.