THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala on Monday alleged that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was putting the sword in the hands of both the communal forces. Chennithala made the statement while reacting to the alleged political murders of SDPI and RSS workers that took place in Palakkad.

"Kerala has become a land of bloodshed. There have been more than 50 political murders since the Pinarayi Vijayan government came to power. Murders in Palakkad are similar to the murders that happened in Alappuzha earlier. The police are not ready to learn a lesson from any of this, "he said.

'Both communalism must be avoided. Minority communalism and majority communalism are equally dangerous. The position is that we should oppose both by seeing them as one. The CPIM adopts an approach that promotes both forms of communalism," the Congress leader said.

Slamming the CPIM government in Kerala further, the Congress leader further said, "The CPIM has a history of alternately promoting both communalisms. The Chief Minister is himself putting the sword in the hands of both the communal forces. That is the reason for the increase in murders in Kerala today."

"Widespread killings and violence are taking place. When you wake up in the morning, Kerala is turning into a place where you can see blood in the yard. Is the government not responsible for any of this? Not police? Not the Home Department? A passive home department is proving to be the cause of all this," he said.