“Is the Muslim vote set to desert the Congress in Kerala?”, Swarajyamag, November 26, 2023:
“A rather unique event with national ramifications took place in Kerala during the general elections of 2004. The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) lost their bastion seat of Manjeri in Malappuram district to the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the CPI(M).
This unimaginable upset was caused by a rare flux in the Malabari Moplah community, who chose the ballot box to express their severe disgruntlement towards the Congress party, for not having been critical enough of the West during the second Gulf War of 2003.
In the process, the Congress failed to win a single seat in the state, while the Communists registered their best performance ever in Lok Sabha elections (the Left parties won 59 seats, and their outside support was the keystone of a Congress-led government under Manmohan Singh)…..”
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