In a morale-boosting show ahead of the 2026 Assembly polls, the Congress-led UDF on Saturday secured a decisive victory in Kerala’s local body elections, dealing a blow to the LDF while the BJP wrested the city civic body from decades of Left control in what Prime Minister Narendra Modi described as the state politics’ “watershed moment.”

Interestingly, it was the “beauty of democracy” remarks of Congress Lok Sabha MP from Thiruvanathapuram, Shashi Tharoor, congratulating the BJP that took the cake on Saturday during the counting of polled votes across the state.

Tharoor said he campaigned for a change from 45 years of the LDF “misrule”, but the voters have ultimately rewarded another party that also sought a clear change in governance.

“That is the beauty of democracy. The people’s ver

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