Opposing fronts seem to magnify or distort, according to circumstances, unscripted remarks by politicians and questionable controversies of the day through the prism of electoral politics to gain a whip hand over rivals as sweltering March turns into an unforgiving month of no-holds-barred fighting at the hustings.
For one, a seemingly unrehearsed moment on the Lok Sabha campaign trail gave ammunition to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] and Congress to assail Suresh Gopi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate in the fiercely contested Thrissur Lok Sabha segment on Sunday.
A viral video purportedly showing Mr. Gopi chiding party workers in a tribal locality for allegedly being unenthusiastic about registering new voters gave sensational grist for his political rivals.
