BJP’s account in Kerala is closed for now, but social fault lines will keep it alive in the state
BJP’s account in Kerala is closed for now, but social fault lines will keep it alive in the state
The persistence of violence, caste issues and a remittance economy are like powder kegs at the heart of the state’s progressive politics. A Bharatiya Janata Party supporter during a 2019 general election rally in Kerala. | Arun Sankar / AFP
The dust has settled, and the Bharatiya Janata Party has bitten the dust in Kerala. Again. No seats at all in the Legislative Assembly, and a historic second term for the Left Democratic Front. Two cliches were killed with one stone. The first, of Shah and Modi as master strategists. The second, that Kerala has settled into a comfortable alternation of Congress and Communist Party of India (Marxist) governments.
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LJD sees CPI(M) betrayal in Kalpetta, Vadakara
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Candidates had unsuccessfully contested from rival camp last time
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Candidates had unsuccessfully contested from rival camp last time
Embarrassed by the outcome of the Assembly polls, the top leadership of the Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) has pinned the blame on the local cadres of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI-M] for the defeat of its candidates in Kalpetta and Vadakara Assembly segments.
Apart from many factors that led to the loss of these two sitting seats of the Left Democratic Front, a senior functionary of the party said that the local CPI(M) workers had been dispirited by the candidacies of State president M.V. Shreyams Kumar and Kozhikode district president Manayath Chandran in Kalpetta and Vadakara respectively. Both had unsuccessfully contested from these constituencies as Janata Dal (United) nominees in the Congress-led United Democratic Front camp the last time.
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Kerala has just experienced a remarkable election. As Pinaravi Vijayan led the Left Democratic Front to victory, for the first time in 44 years, a chief minister will serve a consecutive term. This brings to an end to the electoral swing that has sent parties back and forth from government to the opposition.