thiruvananthapuram dyfi has termed unfortunate the love jihad allegations over the interreligious marriage of dyfi kannoth area secretary shejin ms with his lover jyotsna thomas and declared all support to the coupledyfi would encourage secular marriages as the organization views love jihad as a nonexisting issue dyfi state committee said in a social media post after cpm kozhikode district secretariat member and former mla george m thomas alleged love jihad in the interfaith marriagemarriage between two adult persons is a matter of their personal choice dyfis declared stand is to provide support to all those who love each other irrespective of their caste religion finance and gender and wish to live together dyfi said in order to encourage interfaith marriages dyfi had started a secular matrimony website and extended all support to secular marriages chief minister pinarayi vijayan had clarified time and again that there was no love jihad movement in kerala it added the attempts by communal forces to give credence to a nonexistent movement such as love jihad should be looked at seriously dyfi said