The appointment comes after week-long suspense over leadership change in the southern state, which led to an open display of contention within the party ranks.
Visit comes months ahead of Lok Sabha polls, as BJP ramps up efforts to woo voters of the southern state where it has never won a seat in general elections.
During his two-day Kerala visit, PM Modi attended a youth event in Kochi, where he spoke about projects like Vande Bharat and hit out at Left & Congress govts over unemployment.
The Christians are such a loyal voter base that 58 per cent of the community voted for the UDF during the assembly elections in 2021, and 51 per cent in 2016.
A poor Muslim man from Kurnool, selling khoya buns during the Medaram Jatara in Telangana, was harassed by some YouTubers and surrounded by a mob over allegations of 'food jihad'.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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