THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP state president K Surendran has said that the development farce did by the left, right fronts based on religion and caste will be ended and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policy of development for all will be implemented if the BJP comes to power. He was speaking at the mega rally held at Shankhumukham on the occasion of the conclusion of the Vijaya Yatra which started from Kasargod. Inaugurating the rally, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced the NDA campaign slogan for the Assembly elections. The slogan is 'New Kerala with Modi'.

Surendran asked in which aspect Kerala is number one. Is it in Covid, unemployment, poverty, abuses against Dalits and Adivasis, feminism, jihad, religious terrorism, recruitment of youth to ISIS? He added that renaissance leaders like Sree Narayana Guru, Mannath Padmanabhan, Ayya Swami and Ayyankali didn't dream of a Kerala with corruption and development stagnation.

Amit Shah honored Metroman E Sreedharan. In the function, actor Devan merged his Kerala People's Party with BJP. Congress leader and Pandalam Sudhakaran's brother Pandalam Prathapan, former Joint Labor Commissioner KV Balakrishnan, director Vinu Kiriyath, actress Radha and Udayasamudra Rajasekharan Nair have received BJP membership from Amit Shah.

KG Babu's translation of BR Ambedkar's book Pakistan or Partition of India was released by Amit Shah by handing it over to E Sreedharan.

The BJP The core committee members welcomed Amit Shah with a huge garland and turban. E Sreedharan, PK Krishnadas, Devan, TP Sindhumol and others spoke. District President VV Rajesh welcomed the gathering and General Secretary Venganur Satheesh delivered thanks.

Union Ministers Prahlad Joshi and V Muraleedharan, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Ashwath Narayan, CP Radhakrishnan, Chief Whip of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Sunil Kumar and BDJS President Thushar Vellapally, Kerala Congress leader PC Thomas and LJP leader M. Mehboob, JRP Leader CK Janu, party leaders O Rajagopal, Kummanam Rajasekharan, All India Spokesperson Gopal Krishna Agarwal, AP Abdullakutty, MT Ramesh, CK Padmanabhan, Dr KS Radhakrishnan, Sobha Surendran, A N Radhakrishnan, B Gopalakrishnan and George Kurian were present.