The general tenor of the political exchanges between Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has been decidedly civil and often seemed to verge on the courteous.
Being INDIA bloc collaborators at the national level and electoral rivals in Kerala, political exchanges between the helmspersons were long limited to a few oblique sideswipes.
However, the polite preliminaries seem to be water under the bridge, with both leaders removing their gloves as the Lok Sabha campaign in Kerala is entering its final and crucial phase. Mr. Gandhi and Mr. Vijayan seem done tiptoeing around each other.
