“How many seats is the BJP in serious contention?” K Surendran, the party’s former state chief and its candidate from Manjeshwaram, bristles at the question. “We are in the reckoning in all 140 seats, we are contesting to form the government,” he adds. Surendran’s pointed response suggests the emerging mindset in a party that no longer thinks of itself as a side show in a state where the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front or the Congress-led United
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