If silence could trend, the Congress unit in Kerala would have gone viral this week. When Shashi Tharoor decided to post birthday wishes to BJP veteran LK Advani on X, complete with adjectives like statesman, modest and exemplary — the state Congress leadership discovered a new communication strategy, collective invisibility!

For the first time in memory, not a single Congress leader from Kerala rushed to issue a counter-statement, clarification, or at least a polite frown.

Even Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Kerala Assembly VD Satheesan, who usually has a quote ready before reporters finish the question, maintained a silence so disciplined that party workers are considering bottling it for future use.

The reason, insiders say, is fatigue. “We have run out of synonyms for ‘personal opini

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