KOCHI, April 24 -- The face off between the CPI(M)-led LDF and the Congress-led UDF in Kerala took an ugly turn on Tuesday with a Marxist leader demanding a DNA test of Rahul Gandhi, the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi clan and its endorsement by the State's most powerful person, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

The DNA (DeoxyRiboNucleic Acid) test is carried out to the confirm the original paternity of a person. "Rahul Gandhi's genes are quite different from that of the Nehru-Gandhi family and this has to be confirmed through DNA test," said P V Anvar MLA, a controversial CPI(M) leader told while addressing a election campaign meeting at Palakkad where the party's prime ministerial candidate A Vijayaraghavan is engaged in a triangular contest....