Pulling on its own in Kerala’s bipolar polity dominated by LDF and United Democratic Front, the BJP is in touch with some dalit and backward class outfits to boost its electoral prospects.
“We are holding talks with some of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes organisations. We will be supporting their candidates in some of the assembly segments,” BJP state president V. Muraleedharan told a meet-the-press here.
Similarly, the party was also holding talks with some organisations representing backward class communities like ‘Dheevara Sabha’, he said.
Asked why the BJP is shying away from seeking support of bigger community outfits like SNDP Yogam and NSS, he said these organisations had made it clear that they would be keeping equal distance from all political alliances.
Mr Muraleedharan, however, said BJP had excellent relationship with both SNDP and NSS.
The Bharatiya Janata Party, which as so far not won any Assembly seat in Kerala, is highly confident of opening its account this time, he said.
“We will be projecting ourselves as the real opposition in the state, which is ruled by the LDF and the UDF alternately. The two coalitions are responsible for all the stunted growth of the state,” he said.