Kochi, Dec 5 (PTI) Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday said that Jamaat-e-Islami and Hindutva organisations are "birds of the same feather" and accused the Congress of joining hands with the Muslim outfit for electoral gains, terming their alliance as "suicidal".

Speaking at the ‘Meet the Press’ event in Ernakulam Press Club on Friday, the chief minister said that Jamaat-e-Islami intervenes in several matters in Kerala, despite not being a traditional organisation operating in the state.

Kerala’s Muslim community includes Sunnis, Mujahids and other minorities, and a majority of them do not recognise Jamaat-e-Islami, he claimed.

Calling the Congress party's move a "suicidal stand", he said UDF voters would not be able to accept the ideology and politics of Jamaat-e-Islami. He alleg

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