Overview

• Amit Shah arrived in Kochi on Thursday and was received at the airport by Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar, with the party sharing visuals of the reception on X.
• He is set to chair the BJP’s state-level leadership meeting in Ernakulam on Friday, according to Kerala BJP general secretary Anoop Antony Joseph.
• Shah will attend the Manorama News Conclave in Kochi before meeting BJP workers and leaders from across the state.
• Later in the day, he will travel to Tirunelveli to address booth committee members from the Kanyakumari, Tenkasi, Tuticorin, Virudhunagar, and Tirunelveli Parliamentary constituencies in a session the party described as a roughly three-hour pep talk.
• Party leaders have framed the Kerala stop as preparation for local body elections and the Tamil Nadu outreach as groundwork for next year’s Assembly contest, continuing a series of recent visits to both states.