 "Rajeev Chandrasekhar: BJP's boatman in Kerala")
His Malayalam isn’t especially good. Nor is he a particularly stirring orator in a state that has known legendary public speakers. He hasn’t spent much time in Kerala. Still Rajeev Chandrasekhar was appointed chief of the Kerala unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) earlier this week for precisely these reasons: That he would not be viewed as a threat, and would help unite a deeply faction-ridden unit of the party.
Pictures of Mr Chandrasekhar being felicitated for his new appointment show him in a blue kurta with what looks like a flying bird embroidered on the pocket — the
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