For 40 years, kerala politics was a locked room where only two players held the keys — the CPI(M)-led LDF and the Congress-led UDF.
They took turns ruling the state, trading power every five years, protecting each other’s corruption, silencing dissent, controlling campuses, and ensuring the bjp never got breathing space.
For decades, the bjp was pushed out through intimidation, violence, and false propaganda.
Workers were targeted.
Temples were politicised.
Hindus were divided.
The state machinery was used to keep the lotus out of the electoral market.
But 2024–2025 changed everything.
People finally asked:
“If UDF and LDF are so different, why do they behave the same?”
“Why did both fail on jobs, safety, development, and transparency?”
“Why is the Hindu majority treated like a silent vote-bank?”
That is when the bjp slipped through the cracks — through temple reform movements, youth collectives, wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital campaigns, booth-level leadership, and mission-mode grassroots work.
And today, the “outsider party” has turned into Kerala’s largest expansion force.
With 21,065 candidates and 19,871 Lotus-symbol contestants, the bjp has not just entered the market — it has become the biggest new competitor the old guard has ever faced.
Who is falling?
✔ The LDF, collapsing under corruption, gold smuggling stains, and internal rebellion.
✔ The UDF, shrinking under leadership vacuum and loss of credibility.
✔ Both fronts, shaken because their monopoly is breaking.
Kerala has stopped choosing between two failures.
People want discipline, clarity, development, and national strength.
The bjp has become that alternative — not because it demanded space, but because Kerala’s people finally gave it.
The old order is falling.
The lotus is rising.
And this time, it’s unstoppable.
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