Kochi: Kerala Police have registered a case against Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar in connection with his recent remarks following the blasts at regional conference of Jehovah's Witnesses in Kalamassery on Sunday. 

A senior officer of Kochi city police said that an FIR under sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence) of the IPC and section 120 (o) (causing nuisance and violation of public order) of the Kerala Police Act has been registered against the minister.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Rajeev Chandrasekhar went toe-to-toe, with the BJP leader branding the CM a "liar" and the minister responding by calling him "extremely venomous." 

Chandrasekhar, on Sunday after reports of the blasts came out, had posted on X -- "Dirty shameless appeasement politics by a discredited CM (and HM) @pinarayivijayan besieged by corruption charges.

"Sitting in Delhi and protesting against Israel, when in Kerala open calls by Terrorist Hamas for Jihad is causing attacks and bomb blasts on innocent Christians."

Vijayan, during a brief press meeting held at the Secretariat complex in Thiruvananthapuram, had alleged that the statements by the BJP leader were the reflection of an absolute communal outlook.

Responding to the CM's remarks, Chandrasekhar clarified that he did not mention any community in his post on the social media platform X.

"I had talked about Hamas, and it was almost like the CM was trying to equate Hamas with the broader Muslim brothers and sisters of our state and country," he contended.