Election "Will Be different": Anil Antony Expresses Hope For BJP in Kerala
NDTV
Lok Sabha Election 2024:The state, which voted for all its 20 seats in the second phase of the general election today, is in financial distress and there is massive anti-incumbency, Anil Antony told NDTV
Anil Antony, the son of senior Congress leader AK Antony and the BJP's candidate from Pathanamthitta, insists the election this time in Kerala would be different. The state, which voted for all its 20 seats in the second phase of the general election today, is in financial distress and there is massive anti-incumbency, he claimed in an exclusive interview to NDTV.
Kerala is one of the few states which has never sent a BJP candidate to parliament. This has been the situation even after 2014, despite the state having 55 per cent voters belonging to the majority community.
The politics of the state has been bipolar for decades, swing between a Congress and a Left-led alliance. The state is also one of the few that routinely votes out the incumbent government. But in 2021, in a shocking break with tradition, Kerala gave a second term to Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
