Commununist leader Bipin C Babu defects to BJP, citing loss of secular character in his former party. El líder comunista Bipin C Babu tiene defectos con el BJP, citando la pérdida de carácter secular en su antiguo partido.

Alappuzha's prominent communist leader, Bipin C Babu, has defected to the BJP, criticizing his former party, the CPI(M), for losing its secular character and becoming dominated by communal forces. El prominente líder comunista de Alappuzha, Bipin C Babu, ha desertado al BJP, criticando a su antiguo partido, el CPI(M), por perder su carácter laico y convertirse en dominado por las fuerzas comunales. Babu, a former vice-president of the district panchayat, cited internal factional tensions within the CPI(M) as reasons for his switch. Babu, un ex vicepresidente del panchayat del distrito, citó las tensiones internas de las facciones dentro del CPI(M) como razones para su cambio. BJP state president K Surendran sees this move as an opportunity for the BJP to expand in traditionally communist strongholds. El presidente estatal del BJP, K Surendran, ve este movimiento como una oportunidad para que el BJP se expanda en bastiones tradicionalmente comunistas.