The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had a reason to smile ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections in Kerala as it wrested the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation from the state’s ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) led by the Communist Party of India or CPI(M) in the recently held local body elections.

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It also marked an end to the Left’s continuous rule in the local body for 45 years.

Modi slams LDF, UDF; thanks Kerala people

An ecstatic Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the people of Kerala in a post on X written in Malayalam and said the state is “fed up” with both the LDF and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF).

In another post, he said, “Thank you, Thiruvananthapuram! The verdict in favor of BJP-N

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