Kerala Chief Minister and veteran Marxist leader Pinarayi Vijayan intensified his attack on the Congress, alleging that its general secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, is contesting the Wayanad Lok Sabha by-election with the backing of Jamaat-e-Islami.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan claimed that Jamaat-e-Islami's support for Priyanka Gandhi in Wayanad revealed the Congress party's true stance on secularism.