Thiruvananthapuram: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, who won the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat for the fourth time in a row, on Tuesday said the election results are a lesson to the BJP that they do better when they go on other tracks like development instead of communalism. ,
Tharoor said the election results were "a serious message to the BJP from the voters that their governance needs comprehensive reform".
The Congress leader said the saffron party would be able to appeal to voters in Kerala only if it moved beyond the "classic type of North Indian BJP template".
"...I always felt that the BJP in Kerala was reaching extremes because of the communalism inherent in its message. They perform better when they go on other tracks. Be it the development track which Rajeev Chandrasekhar has done here Was supported or reached out to the conscious minorities and of course by Suresh Gopi.
"Only when you go beyond the classic type of North Indian BJP template can you appeal to voters in Kerala. And this is a very clear finding or confirmation of the selection," he said in the video.
Tharoor further said that it was always clear that it was impossible for BJP to cross 400, achieving 300 was very difficult and reaching 200 would be a challenge.
"What I can say is that we were always clear that 'four hundred (400) par' was impossible, it was a fantasy, and 'three hundred (300) par' was very difficult. 'two (200) par', We said, there will be a challenge for the BJP," he said.
Tharoor said the election results were "a serious message to the BJP from the voters that their governance needs comprehensive reform".
The Congress leader said the saffron party would be able to appeal to voters in Kerala only if it moved beyond the "classic type of North Indian BJP template".
"...I always felt that the BJP in Kerala was reaching extremes because of the communalism inherent in its message. They perform better when they go on other tracks. Be it the development track which Rajeev Chandrasekhar has done here Was supported or reached out to the conscious minorities and of course by Suresh Gopi.
"Only when you go beyond the classic type of North Indian BJP template can you appeal to voters in Kerala. And this is a very clear finding or confirmation of the selection," he said in the video.
Tharoor further said that it was always clear that it was impossible for BJP to cross 400, achieving 300 was very difficult and reaching 200 would be a challenge.
"What I can say is that we were always clear that 'four hundred (400) par' was impossible, it was a fantasy, and 'three hundred (300) par' was very difficult. 'two (200) par', We said, there will be a challenge for the BJP," he said.
