Prime Minister Narendra Modi On Wednesday (January 3), he will address a huge gathering of two lakh women in Thrissur, Tamil Nadu. It is officially being considered as the election bugle of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Women from diverse backgrounds including Anganwadi teachers, Asha workers, entrepreneurs, artists, social and cultural workers are expected to participate in the event. Although the event has been planned as a massive meeting of women, it is being seen as the official start of the election campaign by the BJP for the upcoming general elections in an attempt to make political inroads in Kerala.
Kerala politics is currently dominated by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) led Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF). The state leadership of BJP had recently clarified that in the next few months before the Lok Sabha elections, more national leaders will visit the southern state and interact with the people.
The selection of Thrissur as the venue of the mass event is also significant as it is one of the constituencies where the BJP is expected to perform well in the upcoming elections. BJP state unit chief K Surendran has said that Prime Minister Modi’s program in Thrissur will be attended by women from different walks of life, including prominent personalities who have made their mark in various fields.
He claimed that PM Modi’s visit to Thrissur would prove to be a milestone in the political history of the southern state. “Actress-dancer Shobhana, cricketer Minnu Mani, entrepreneur Beena Kannan, singer Vaikom Vijayalakshmi and Mariakutty, who has raised voice against corruption and red-tapism, will be among those who will share the venue with the Prime Minister,” Surendran told reporters in Thrissur.
He said that under the programme, women from different sections of Kerala will gather in Thrissur and there is no doubt that it will become a historic event. Surendran claimed that the ruling LDF and the opposition UDF would soon lose their dominance in politics in the state.