THIRUVANANTHAURAM: Geevarghese Mor Coorilos, Metropolitan of Niranam Diocese of Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Church, came down heavily on CPM state secretary A Vijayaraghavan. He said that it is not right to accuse the Muslim League as a communal party and it is a party that has upheld its secular stance. Cooperating with communalism to win elections is not good for progressive movements, he opined. His criticism was through a Facebook post.

In an article on the editorial page of Deshabhimani, A Vijayaraghavan alleged that the League was trying to polarize the social community against economic reservation of the forward classes. He mentioned in the article that strengthening minority communalism in the name of opposing Hindu communalism would ultimately help the Hindutva forces themselves. His Facebook post was in this context.