'When the prime minister and home minister promised their full support for the development of Kerala, why should we not be a part of them?'
'Rahul Gandhi is the face of the INDIA alliance. If he contests against a BJP candidate and defeats her/him, it will send a strong message.'
The rival fronts were locked in a fierce combat in most of the constituencies making it a close contest in the state, which had alternately voted for the LDF and UDF every five years and where even a small swing could be decisive.
A defeat in Assam would be bad news for the Congress which is in power in Meghalaya, Mizoram and Manipur.
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