Kerala Assembly elections: Amit Shah to launch NDA campaign on April 9

Thiruvananthapuram: In view of Kerala Assembly elections, BJP President Amit Shah is all set to launch the election campaign of NDA in the state on April 9.

Union Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda, while announcing Shah's visit to the state, told PTI, "People of the state are fed up with the successive governments of UDF and LDF and want a change."

Nadda, who is also the in-charge of party affairs in the state said while launching the NDA Kerala unit in the state, "The BJP-led NDA is the political alternative for the people of Kerala."

Nadda also slammed both UDF and LDF governments in the state and asserted, "While UDF leaders from Chief Minister to ministers and MLAs have been involved in some kind of scams and scandals, CPI-M has lost its strength on ideology and so they have turned to violence.

Several BJP cadres have lost their lives in the attacks by CPI(M) workers and "it is still continuing".

Attacking the ruling UDF, Nadda said, "the bad name brought to the state due to scandals and scams with involvement of Chief Minister and other ministers have to be removed."

Seeking people's mandate in favour of NDA, he said under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country was going forward in right direction.

"Kerala should also get the benefit of the growth," he said.

BJP, which has failed to break the bipolar politics of UDF and LDF and taste victory in Assembly and parliament polls, this time has found a powerful partner after its tie-up with newly formed Bharat Dharma Jana Sena by Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam, an outfit of backward Ezhava community.

Other minor partners in the NDA in the state include a faction of Kerala Congress led by former Union Minister P C Thomas, JSS led by former MLA Rajan Babu, Kerala Vikas Party, and Lok Jansakti Party.