Kochi, March 16 -- Election campaign in Kerala reached a crescendo by Friday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a whirlwind tour to Pathanamthitta and scintillated a capacity crowd of nearly ten thousand people with his emotion packed words.

The Lok Sabha constituency of Pathanamthitta from where the BJP has fielded Anil K Antony, son of former Union Defence Minister and Congress leader AK Antony was the cynosure of all eyes as Modi is the first Prime Minister to campaign from here in the electoral history of Kerala.

The presence of Padmaja Venugopal, daughter of former Chief Minister and Congress strongman late K Karunakaran added fuel to the fire.

Modi, who began his 45 minutes speech by reciting the Sarana Mantra of Lord Ayyappa, ...