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BJP Launches Muslim Outreach in Kerala Ahead of Local Body Elections

Party leaders cast the drive as a trust-building effort to counter perceptions that the BJP is hostile to Muslims.

Overview

  • State BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar announced the programme in Thiruvananthapuram and named state vice president Abdul Salam to lead it.
  • Teams plan door-to-door visits, small meetings, dialogues with local community leaders and leaflet distribution across Muslim households.
  • Party messaging will highlight central welfare and development schemes and challenge what the BJP calls misinformation from the CPI-M and Congress.
  • Chandrasekhar said the initiative is "not political or for getting votes" and seeks to "demolish the lies" about the party's stance toward minorities.
  • The rollout precedes the State Election Commission's expected schedule for nearly 1,200 local bodies in a state where the BJP lacks assembly seats but recently won Thrissur in the Lok Sabha.