The ruling CPI(M) in Kerala hit back at the BJP over its charge that the state had turned into a "fertile soil" for jihadi terrorism, and challenged the saffron party to prove it.
BJP national executive member V Muraleedhaan had levelled the charge here on September 30 and also claimed that the reported presence of Keralites in global terror outfit ISIS was the "result of growing jihadi terrorism" in the state.
Speaking at a meet-the-press programme here, CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan alleged that there was a deliberate attempt to attack the CPI(M)-led LDF government and the campaign that Kerala "is a land of jihadi" was part of it.