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BJP Builds Fences with Kerala’s Christians Support grows
Thiruvananthapuram: In the midst of hectic electioneering in Kerala is sitting MLA P.C. George who is contesting his seventh consecutive Assembly elections from Kerala s Christian belt Kottayam-Ernakulam-Pathanamthitta.
Located at the foothills of Western Ghats, Erattupetta forms part of Poonjar Assembly Constituency, which elected George in the last six elections without judging him for switching political affiliations at regular intervals between Kerala s ruling CPI(M) led Left Democratic Front (LDF), opposition Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the BJP.
George is now confident of winning the seat this year again with the tacit support of both the BJP and the region s all-powerful Catholic Church. Poonjar is a Christian majority constituency while Erattupetta remains a strong Muslim pocket within it.
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The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is desperate to build its presence in the southern Indian state of Kerala.
The party has little support in the state. It won just a single seat in the 140-member Kerala assembly in the 2016 assembly election. This was the first time it entered the assembly. In the 2019 elections to the Indian parliament, the BJP, which swept the elections in the rest of India, performed dismally in Kerala. None of its candidates was elected from the state, despite its aggressive attempt to mobilize Hindu votes on the Sabarimala Temple issue. However, its vote share more than doubled.