KOCHI, March 25 -- Battle lines are drawn and teams have taken up positions in the electoral arena of Kerala. But the question being asked by the general public is "who is taking on whom". Is it a CPI(M) v BJP contest or the Congress-led UDF locking horns with the CPI(M) and BJP combine?
On Sunday, Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly V D Satheeshan alleged that there is a secret deal between the Marxists and the BJP to ensure the defeat of UDF candidates. But the CPI(M) retorted that the Congress and the BJP were on the same side of Hindutva politics, and the former alone could save secularism, liberalism, pluralism and freedom of thought and expression in the country.
Referring to Saturday's petition filed by the Kerala ...