KOCHI: There was a collusion between the UDF and the LDF in the local body polls and there was also minority unification against the BJP, said party state chief K Surendran. Both the fronts reached an agreement in almost 25 panchayats and denied power to the BJP. If the collusion between the UDF and the LDF continues, many big sharks will not see the assembly, he warned.

‘The BJP has increased its representation in majority of the municipalities in Kerala. The highlight this time was that there was no triangular contest in the strongholds of the NDA. Opponents competed directly with the NDA. There was a tie-up between the LDF and the UDF in almost 1200 wards. The congress failed in defeating us. There was an agreement between the UDF and the LDF in many of the panchayats in Kerala. This is the situation in Ramesh Chennithala's own constituency. The LDF and the UDF joined hands to defeat the BJP here. Mullappally Ramachandran and Ramesh Chennithala are leading the Congress to political suicide ', clarified Surendran.

‘The Congress is dying after they did bogus voting in Thiruvananthapuram Corporation to defeat us. The Congress has collapsed and they can never return in the Kozhikode Corporation for taking a similar stand. The assembly elections will be held in three months. Don’t think we will sit idle. I am reminding that many VIPs will not see the assembly. The cross-voting in the panchayat elections will be answered in the assembly elections. If you collude we will do whatever we can,’ warned Surendran.