NEW DELHI: Radical Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) is aiming to convert Kerala into a Muslim majority state in the next 20 years, Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan said here Saturday.

"For achieving that goal, the outfit is pumping money to attract youth and give them weapons. They also try to convert youth from other communities and persuade them to marry Muslim girls," Achuthanandan told reporters here.

The chief minister's statement came as his Left Democratic Front (LDF) government intensified a crackdown on the outfit, whose activists have been accused of chopping off one of the hands of a college professor for allegedly making derogatory references to Prophet Mohammed.

Justifying the crackdown on the outfit, Achuthanandan said the police is closely watching PFI's activities.

The chief minister said the outfit tried to create a clean image by organising freedom parades on independence day.

Various district administrations have already banned the parade organised by the PFI every Aug 15, he said.