Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 11 -- Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday launched a sharp attack on the ruling Left Democratic Front and the Congress-led United Democratic Front and said that both alliances are indulging in appeasement politics with Jamaat-e-Islami and Popular Front of India being their major vote bank.

Addressing a gathering of newly elected local body representatives here today, Shah said, "Friends, tell me, can the LDF and UDF protect Kerala from Jamaat-e-Islami, PFI, and the now-growing SDPI? They cannot. PFI, SDPI, and Jamaat-e-Islami are their vote banks; they will never take any action against them."

"If anyone can save Kerala from their divisive agenda, it is the BJP. We abolish triple talaq, and both the LDF and ...