BJP in Kerala buoyed by upcountry results
The Hindu
Surendran says results will brighten party’s prospects in Kerala too
The Bharathiya Janata Party (BJP) in Kerala seemed buoyed by its remarkable showing in the Assembly elections in four States.
BJP State president K. Surendran said the party’s emphatic win for a second time in Uttar Pradesh should convince the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to stop spreading canards about UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The people of UP had given a fitting reply to the organised vilification of their Chief Minister by electing Mr. Adityanath to the post again. They had rubbished Mr. Vijayan’s suggestion that UP follow Kerala’s development model.
Instead of counselling UP, Mr. Vijayan should adopt Mr. Adityanath's template for developing Kerala. He said the catastrophic defeat of the Congress in northern States would reflect in Kerala.
The party faced disintegration in the South. “Rahul Gandhi could perhaps deem himself Prime Minister of Wayanad district,” he mocked.
Mr. Surendran said the people of India had reaffirmed their faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP’s win in Manipur and Goa was bound to bear on the party’s prospects in Kerala.
Union Minister of State for External Affairs and BJP leader V. Muraleedharan, said people had endorsed Mr. Modi’s development-oriented politics. Voters had seconded the PM’s good governance. The BJP won in States which enacted the Centre’s development agenda. It could successfully tide over the anti-incumbent factor.