MALAPPURAM: For the past several days, Kerala’s CPM leadership has trained its political fire on demolition sites in Bengaluru, unleashing a sustained attack on the Congress-led Karnataka government over what it describes as an anti-Muslim action. Yet, within Kerala’s political corridors, the sudden intensity of the party’s intervention is being read less as minority outreach and more as political damage control aimed at reclaiming a slipping Muslim vote base. The Indian Union Muslim League’s landslide victory in Malappuram and the UDF’s strong showing across Muslim-majority pockets of Malabar have deeply unsettled the CPM, raising uncomfortable questions within the party about its eroding credibility among minority voters. This erosion did not happen overnight. With the assembly election approaching, the CPM now appears keen to leverage the Bengaluru demolition controversy as a political reset button.

Source: Indian Express December 29, 2025 02:35 UTC