The only thing new about the approaching election in Kerala is the speculation that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has had no seats in its legislature thus far, may actually open its account this time. However, apart from the frisson that the very thought brings to some political pundits, such an outcome is going to be of little consequence to the people of the State. For neither of the two fronts that have governed Kerala at five-year intervals these past three decades is going to have any truck or barter with the BJP. Given the wafer-thin margin that has historically decided who governs the State, it is possible that electoral success of the BJP may alter the revolving-door pattern according to which the United Democratic Front (UDF) is now set to yield place to the Left Democratic Front (LDF). The far more important question for the electorate though is whether the front that comes to power has the will or the incentive to deal with the issues that confront Kerala.
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