India, March 21 -- As the 2024 general elections inch closer, murmurs of consternation grow louder in the Kerala unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the choice of candidates in some of the 16 seats announced so far (the state has 20 Lok Sabha constituencies). With four more seats still in play, all eyes are on the party's central election committee meeting.

Kerala BJP is banking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity and outreach towards the Christian minority and is hoping to win a couple of seats in the state where electoral success has so far remained elusive for the party.

But a section of state leaders is peeved that the central leadership has overlooked party workers who have been diligently toiling in the Communis...