'Helicopter politics’ won't work with voters in Kerala: BJP's CK Padmanabhan on electoral setback

Days after suffering a major setback in the state assembly elections, former BJP Kerala president CK Padmanabhan criticised the party's state leadership.

Days after suffering a major setback in the state assembly elections, former BJP Kerala president CK Padmanabhan criticised the party's state leadership. The North Indian model ‘Helicopter politics’ will not work with voters in Kerala, he said on Tuesday. He also said that the Sabarimala issue did not prove to be effective for the BJP in the recently-concluded state assembly elections. The entry of women into the Sabarimala temple as directed by the Supreme Court, was one of the major poll planks of opposition parties in the state. The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) used the issue to rake up anger against the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) during the campaign.