India, Jan. 24 -- Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's criticism of the CPI(M) and the LDF Government during his visit to Kerala on Friday, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan cited an alleged brutal assault on a pastor in BJP-ruled Odisha.

Soon after Modi launched a scathing attack on the LDF Government, Vijayan, in a post on 'X', highlighted a recent alleged assault on a pastor over accusations of religious conversion in Odisha's Dhenkanal district.

"The brutal assault on a pastor in Odisha is not an isolated crime; it reflects the atmosphere of violence and hatred being systematically fostered by the Sangh Parivar. Forcing a human being to eat cow dung is a deeply inhuman act, emboldened by the silence and complicity of BJP-led...