On Saturday, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the electorate should consider a vote for the Congress might inadvertently end up as an endorsement for the BJP.
After laying the foundation stone of the Azhikodan memorial in Kannur, Mr. Vijayan said elected Congress representatives and their present and former allies have had no qualms about defecting to the BJP at the drop of a hat.
Mr. Vijayan questioned the secular credentials of the Congress. He projected the Left Democratic Front (LDF) as the sole bulwark against the Hindu majoritarian nationalist agenda of the Sangh Parivar.
