Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi: AICC general secretary K C Venugopal on Sunday said that the BJP was attempting to create a false narrative by claiming major gains in the Kerala local body elections.

Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Venugopal claimed that out Thiruvananthapuramof the state's total 1,199 local bodies, the BJP had increased its tally in only eight.

"Yesterday, the Prime Minister (Modi), Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, and other BJP leaders, rallying behind each other, claimed that Kerala has witnessed a major change. Yes, they have won the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, and I am not taking that lightly. But beyond that corporation, they do not have a single seat in the Thiruvananthapuram district panchayat," he said.

Comparing the results with the 2020 local body election

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