NEW DELHI, April 29 -- Come election time, crawlers, beggars, well-wishers, guarantee salesmen, and such an assortment are at your doorstep. This is not surprising because we are accustomed to such jumla gymnastics from politicians and political aspirants.

But the disturbing news emerging from Kerala's political grapevine is that a 'Prince' of the Kerala Church chose not only to meet BJP leader K. Surendran on the latter's vote-begging spree but also laid out a red carpet for Modi's 'Election Guarantees'.

Surendran is the 11th Kerala State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was also announced as the BJP candidate from the Wayanad Constituency to counter Rahul Gandhi in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. Given the heat and dust of th...