Long confined to the sidelines of Kerala’s bipolar politics, BJP is now betting on a breach in the wall, writes Ullekh NP from the swing constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram and Palakkad
With BJP fielding Sobha Surendran and CPM backing businessman NMR Razak, the contest has exposed divisions within the Left even as religious polarisation sharpens the political fight
It is mostly BJP versus regional parties while Congress is steeped in internal strife. And Modi is certain to energise the arena with the double-engine promise