Thiruvananthapuram: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will secure a double-digit win in Kerala this Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday.
"It is my guarantee to make all possible efforts to realise the dreams and expectations of Kerala," he said. The prime minister added that BJP never saw a state from perspective of vote-bank.
"In 2019, the vote share of BJP crossed two digits in Kerala. In 2024, the number of seats will be two digits. Kerala will also be a part of BJP's target of 400 seats in the Lok Sabha," the PM said.
The prime minister said that the Centre gave great prominence to Kerala even without the support of the State government. He added that the Congress party which accused the ruling CPM of corruption was collaborating with the latter in Delhi. The prime minister began his speech by greeting the audience in Malayalam.
The public meeting, organized by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) unofficially kick-started the BJP’s election campaign with the slogans “Modi guarantee” and “A vote for Modi.” Around half a lakh people attended the meeting in Central Stadium here.
The public meeting marked the culmination of the statewide foot march led by BJP state president K Surendran as well as the launch of the NDA's election campaign in Kerala.
The party’s State president K Surendran; Union Minister V Muraleedharan; national office bearers Kummanam Rajasekharan, KK Krishnadas; State Prabhari Prakash Javadekar, district president VV Rajesh, national, State, and district office bearers shared the dais with Modi.
