BJP supporters gather on the final day of open campaigning for the Kerala Assembly elections, at Peroorkada, in Thiruvananthapuram, Tuesday, April 7, 2026.
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The BJP’s emergence has turned around Kerala’s political balance, as indicated in the following two facts:
First, traditional regional rivals, the Congress-led UDF and the CPI-M-led LDF are defining their contest with reference to the BJP. Both accuse each other of being weak in fighting the BJP or even colluding with it. The BJP, meanwhile, says the UDF and the LDF are in a fake fight in Kerala while they are partners everywhere else across the country.
Published – April 09, 2026 08:03 am IST
