A video appeal by a group of villagers in Kerala has sparked a pleasant political exchange on social media, with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma expressing his desire to visit the Moncombu Sri Bhagavathy Kshetra in Alappuzha and seek the blessings of Devi Bhagavathy.
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In the video, the residents extend a warm invitation to the Assam Chief Minister to visit their village and the Moncombu Sri Bhagavathy Kshetra. Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar then joined the exchange, welcoming Sarma to the state and using the occasion to contrast the BJP’s governance model with Kerala’s traditional political fronts. Because of their support for the BJP and believed the Assam Chief Minister could help bring attention to their problems, he also claimed that the villagers told him they faced difficulties.
Barooah said some local residents became excited when they learnt that he was from Assam, the state governed by Himanta Biswa Sarma. Responding to Barooah’s post on X, the Assam Chief Minister said he would like to visit the temple in the coming days. He said people in Kerala were watching “with great interest” what he described as the transformation of states such as Assam under the BJP-led NDA’s “double-engine” government, particularly in infrastructure, innovation and opportunities for young people. Chandrasekhar also used the exchange to sharpen the BJP’s political pitch in Kerala, arguing that the state needed a new political culture that moved beyond what he called “corruption, appeasement politics, and manufactured controversies”.
