A physical exercise routine that claims to be combining various disciplines including Yoga has triggered a political row in Kerala, bringing archrivals CPM and BJP on the same platform, with some Muslim organisations also going up in arms against the workout plan titled Multi-Exercise Combination (MEC) 7.

The ruling CPM and some Muslim organisations are alleging the involvement of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) and Jama'at-e-Islami in promoting the workout plan, MEC 7 which has gained popularity in North Kerala. The BJP has also joined the row along with the Left party and Sunni factions of Islam by alleging that the workout programme was “mysterious”.