Stirring controversy ahead of the assembly polls in Kerala, a lone BJP legislator in the state had revealed the reasons why BJP is not growing in the state. His reasons were heavily shocked the Central ruling party as they were in the extent that it would trouble the party from emerging victorious in the assembly polls. He had divulged that the literacy and diversity in Kerala have been irking the BJP from growing in the state. 

Rajagopal is a senior BJP leader and he has been serving as a lone BJP MLA in the Kerala legislative assembly. The coastal state is gearing for the crucial assembly polls and it is two weeks away from the elections. At a high time when the political leaders are staying vigil and cautious in their speeches to get rid off controversy on the campaign trail, the lone BJP MLA slipped away and put out his admission on why BJP is not growing in the state. 

Rajagopal was giving an interview to an English news agency about why BJP has been weakening in Kerala while the party had grown in the states like Haryana, Tripura, and West Bengal. During the interview, Rajagopal said that the people are educated in Kerala and the state has a 90% of literacy rate and that's the reason why BJP is not growing in the state. He quoted a high literacy rate as one of the examples of why it is tough for BJP to grow in Kerala.

He said, "Kerala has a 90% of literacy rate. People in the state are thinking and are debating politics. These are the traits of educated people and these traits are one of the problems for BJP why it can't able to grow in the state. Kerala has 55% of people who follow Hinduism while the rest 45% people are minorities. Though the scale of equality highlights the diversity in Kerala, it is another big problem for the BJP to grow in the state. 

Rajagopal added that these factors play a role in every political calculation which makes Kerala the uncomparable state with the rest of the states. By citing that the situation in Kerala is entirely different than any other state, Rajagopal claimed that the BJP is growing in Kerala at a slow and steady pace. The statement from the BJP MLA had stirred large-scale controversies as he had admitted that literacy and diversity are the main problems that irk BJP from sowing its politics and propaganda.

Kerala will go to the single-phase assembly poll on April 6 and the votes will be counted on May 2, during which the results will be announced. The coastal state has been witnessing three fronts in the race for the reign - the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF), Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), and BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Rajagopal's statement has come when the BJP mulls to name Metroman Sreedharan as the Chief Ministerial candidate of the party. It must be noted that Rajagopal is a member of BJP's National Executive Committee and had served as a Union Minister.