Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 20 -- The upcoming assembly elections in Kerala will demonstrate that the voice of its people against the BJP and RSS is loud and clear, leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said on Monday. Gandhi was addressing the "Maha Panchayat" function organised by the Congress in Kochi's Marine Drive to celebrate the party's victory in the recent local body polls in the southern state. In the elections held last month, the Congress-led UDF won 8,021 of the 17,337 gram panchayat wards, 1,241 of the 2,267 block panchayat wards, 196 of the 346 district panchayat divisions, 1,458 of the 3,240 municipality wards and 187 of the 421 municipal corporation wards. "I am happy that we have done well. The panchayat is the foundation of our democratic system. If we want to protect the Constitution and ensure that it survives, we should protect the third tier of governance. The difference between the BJP/RSS and the Congress is that while they stand for centralisation of power, we stand for decentralisation," he said. Gandhi, who visited Kerala for the first time since the UDF's victory in the local body polls, alleged that the BJP desires an India where all of its assets belong to a few specific people. "No one can silence the voice of the people of Kerala. This coming election will demonstrate that the voice of the people of Kerala is loud and clear. I am confident that the UDF will win the upcoming Assembly polls with a thumping majority," he asserted.htc...