NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah is scheduled to inaugurate Kerala BJP headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday.
Shah is on a two-day visit to the southern state, beginning Friday, party sources said.
The Union Home Minister is scheduled to arrive in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday night by a special flight.
The next day, Shah will formally inaugurate the newly constructed BJP state office and subsequently address party workers, they added.
After the event, Shah is expected to fly to Kannur to offer prayers at the popular Thaliparamba Rajarajeswari Temple, before returning to the national capital later the same day.
His visit had its own significance as local body elections are around the corner.
The BJP is looking to make inroads in the upcoming elections, particularly in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, where it currently serves as the principal opposition.
The CPI (M)-led Left Front is in power, while the Congress-led UDF is in third place.
The saffron party sees the 2025 local body elections as a crucial opportunity to boost both its vote share and seat tally in the state.
Kerala has a total of 23,612 wards across its local self-government institutions — including Grama Panchayats, Block Panchayats, District Panchayats, Municipalities, and Corporations.
In 2020, of the 941 Grama Panchayats, the LDF won 514, UDF 321, NDA 19, and others 23. Among 152 Block Panchayats, LDF bagged 108 and UDF 38.
Agencies