Thiruvananthapuram : In Kerala’s hitherto heavily loaded bipolar political scenario, the BJP for long has been trying to make its grand entry by becoming the third force, but so far, apart from mere rhetoric, it has not been able to move forward, especially the way they would have wanted to.Kerala goes to polls on April 6 and the party is putting its best foot forward and getting ready for a high voltage election campaign that will see the likes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and all its top brass visiting the state.
During the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, all that BJP managed was 15.64 per cent of the total votes polled, up from the 14.96 per cent which they managed in the 2016 assembly polls.And the only success they have had so far is to open its account in the 2016 Assembly polls when its veteran and seasoned leader and former Union Minister O.Rajagopal won from the Nemom assembly seat in the capital city.State BJP president K.Surendran, however, is already on Cloud 9, and has predicted that this time things will be different and they will spring a surprise.”You just wait and see on how the BJP is going to perform this time and we will surprise all,” said Surendran, whose statewide yatra is coming to a close on Saturday, here.
His earlier statement made during the December local body polls, fell flat and it came nowhere near his predictions.However, a popular media critic said the BJP in Kerala despite having the backing of the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre in terms of resources for the elections and also for bringing in their top most national leadership, things have to be taken as they come.