January 23, 2026 3:53 PM

Thiruvananthapuram victory marks BJP’s Kerala push, says Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday described the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) victory in the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation as historic, claiming it signalled the end of what he termed decades of neglect by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the United Democratic Front (UDF), and marked the beginning of a new phase of development and governance in Kerala’s capital. Addressing a public gathering in Thiruvananthapuram, the Prime Minister accused both political fronts of corru...