Modi back in Kerala Tuesday to step up Lok Sabha prep, will hold booth-level event for first time

Less than two weeks after his roadshow and rally in Thrissur, where he kicked off the BJP’s Lok Sabha campaign in Kerala, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be back in the state for a two-day visit starting Tuesday as part of which he will review booth-level preparations and interact with local leaders for the polls two months from now.

This is the first time that the PM is holding an event for booth-level workers in Kerala. It indicates that the BJP is actively attempting to strengthen its cadre as it looks to break its jinx in the southern state. The party has never won a Lok Sabha seat in Kerala, which has swung between the Left and the Congress so far. The only time it won an Assembly seat was in 2016, but it lost this too to the CPI(M) in 2021.

Modi is slated to reach Kochi on Tuesday evening and hold a roadshow from the Maharaja college ground to the government guest house.

On Wednesday morning, the PM will take part in a pooja at the Sree Krishna temple, Guruvayur, in Thrissur. Following this, he will attend the wedding of the daughter of actor-turned-BJP leader Suresh Gopi, the party’s potential candidate from the Thrissur Lok Sabha seat and prime face, at the temple. Modi will then head to visit the Sree Ramaswami Temple at Thriprayar in the same district, and address a gathering of shakti kendra (booth) in-charges at the Marine Drive in Kochi on Wednesday evening.

After attending the party-related events, Modi will on Wednesday inaugurate three major infrastructure projects worth more than Rs 4,000 crore at the Cochin shipyard.

BJP Ernakulam district president K S Shaiju said about 50,000 party workers would take part in the road show on Tuesday, adding that approximately 7,000 booth in-charges would attend the