BJP will end Kerala's bipolar politics, people know Modi will retain power: Javadekar
The Hindu
BJP leader claims BJP will end Kerala's bipolar politics, win at least five seats, and gain Christian support in upcoming elections.
BJP leader Prakash Javadekar has claimed that his party will end Kerala's bipolar politics in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections by winning at least five seats in the State.
"If in 2019 you asked any Keralite; Hindus, Christians, Muslims, he would have told you Rahul Gandhi will become Prime Minister. They had their own discourse and belief. Now ask anybody in Kerala; Hindus, Muslims, Christians, he will tell you PM Modi is coming back for a third time," the BJP's election in-charge of the State told PTI in an interview.
The former Union Minister said his party's concerted outreach to Christians will result in a sizeable section of them voting for it in the Lok Sabha polls, expected to be held in April-May. Asked how things are different for the BJP from 2019 when its alliance got around 15 per cent votes and no seat, he said everybody now realises that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will retain power and that his government's work is visible in the state.
People also know that Gandhi cannot become prime minister, he said, adding that the voters realise that they voted for the Congress in 2019 but it was routed everywhere else across the country.
The Congress-led UDF had swept Kerala in 2019 general elections by winning 19 of its 20 Lok Sabha seats, with Mr. Gandhi's decision to contest from Wayanad galvanising the alliance. Though Mr. Gandhi won from Wayanad, he lost from his family's pocket borough Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
This bipolar politics centred around the UDF and the CPI(M)-led LDF, which is in power in the State, will end this time and the BJP will win at least five seats this time, he said.
Mr. Javadekar was in Wayanad on January 22 to oversee the BJP's exercise to connect with people through the live broadcast of the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya.