India, April 4 -- Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday hit back at his Telangana counterpart Revanth Reddy after the latter's sharp criticism of the Left Government during a campaign visit to the State.

In a Facebook post, Vijayan said the Telangana Chief Minister was "misinformed," and accused Reddy of "ridiculing" Kerala and its people while concealing the weaknesses of his own State.

"By conveniently ignoring the bulldozing of the homes of the poor in his own State, he appears ready to lecture Kerala on social progress and public welfare -- clearly, he has been seriously misinformed by someone," Vijayan wrote.

"Telangana Chief Minister is welcome to Kerala to learn about welfare models", the Kerala CM said. He said Red...