Kochi, Oct. 14 -- BJP Keralam Vice-President KS Radhakrishnan on Wednesday alleged a planned attempt to eradicate the historical Jewish presence in Kerala, linking an arson attack near the Kadavubhagam Synagogue in Kochi to an earlier fire at another Jewish site in Mattancherry and another reported bomb threat against a synagogue.

Speaking to ANI, Radhakrishnan said the Jewish site in Mattancherry had been gutted in a fire about a week before the latest incident, which had reportedly been described as accidental, with the cause unknown.

"It is a planned move to eradicate the historical relevance of Jews in Keralam. And that is to be opposed tooth and nail, because India claims that, and it is a fact that this India is the only place to ...