Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda hit out at the opposition for considering it to be a party that has its political clout only in northern parts of India, saying that the ruling party has now turned to be an all-India party.
Kerala BJP President K Surendran on Monday expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for appointing two ministers from Kerala to the Union Cabinet.
After Sunday's oath-taking ceremony of the ministers in the 72-member strong council of ministers, the 65-year-old speaking to a Malayalam channel in Delhi said that he didn't ask for a ministerial post and he expects that he will be relieved from the post soon. He added that he has committe
Muraleedharan said, "For the first time in the history of Kerala, BJP and NDA have created history by getting an MP elected from the Parliamentary constituency. Suresh Gopi's victory is not just a seat in the Parliament; it is creating a new history in the political journey of the seat."
As he is poised to bring maiden Lok Sabha victory for the BJP in Kerala, actor-politician Suresh Gopi "bowed down to" the Thrissur's "truly secular voters", adding that there were attempts to "corrupt" the voters' mind away from the BJP but Gods "led them in the correct path".
As the couting of votes for the Lok Sabha polls are underway in Kerala, the Congress is leading on 13 out of the 20 seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading on two seats namely, Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur, as per the Election Commission of India (ECI).
"I was in charge in Kerala, the way all our leaders and workers campaigned for the polls. Our votes have almost doubled from 12 per cent last time, it can go to 20-24 per cent. This is because the Christian community has voted in huge numbers," Javadekar said.
Speaking to ANI, the Kerala BJP election in-charge Prakash Javadekar said, "It was very encouraging to hear reports from all the booths, BJP has changed the bipolar politics that was going on for the last 75 years into tripolar politics. BJP will win at least 5 seats in Kerala this time."
Kerala, where polling is underway for all 20 Lok Sabha seats in the second phase of the general elections on Friday, recorded a voter turnout of 11.98 per cent till 9 am, according to data shared by the Election Commission (EC).