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"The Sangh has been more active in South Kerala while in the North, it has faced resistance," says Prafulla Ketkar, adding, "The RSS has grown the most in places where it faced the most resistance".. Recently, there have also been fatal clashes between members of the RSS and Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI)...
"The BJP in Kerala faces stupendous challenges unlike in any other state," says an RSS functionary on condition of anonymity because Sangh members do not officially remark on the BJP...
They were also made to believe that votes cast for the BJP were votes wasted as the party wasn't a viable option," says the RSS leader from Kerala who didn't want to be named...
Kerala BJP leader PK Krishnadas tells IndiaToday.In that the state's demography and the "strategic votes transfer" between the LDF and the UDF come in the way of a better show by the party..
The BJP in Kerala has over 1,000 elected representatives in local bodies, that's more than in Tamil Nadu and some other states," he says.. RSS leaders themselves say that is is unfair to compare the Sangh's and the BJP's growth..
