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Shashi Tharoor took a swipe at the BJP over its aggressive southern pitch, saying that for a party that claims to be focused on vikas (development), the region that actually enjoys the highest vikas in real terms is the least receptive to the BJPs agenda...
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Thursday dismissed the BJPs claim of a strong performance in south India in the Lok Sabha polls as a product of its propaganda mill, and said the narratives that the ruling party harps on in the north such as communalism, religious division and nativist social cleavages, do not pass muster there...
People elect a government to look after their welfare, not just their religion, and if they vote in their self-interest they will vote the BJP out of office, he said.. Tharoor, who is seeking a record fourth term from Keralas Thiruvananthapuram, said there is no doubt that the BJP is trying to make inroads into the South and Prime Minister Modis recent peregrinations in the region are a clear indication of that...
Asked about the BJPs claim that its performance in southern states will be exemplary, Tharoor said, The claim of an exemplary performance is yet another product of the BJPs propaganda mill..
After three broken promises, a batting average of zero, which is apparently their idea of exemplary performance why would any Keralite trust any promise by the BJP? he said.. Tharoor said there is a need to understand why Modis BJP has little to no appeal in the South...
