Kollam, April 2 -- With just one week left for the Keralan Assembly polls, the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidates on Thursday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is "not a serious player" in the state, while also claiming that the party would rather have the LDF led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the state.

UDF candidate from Chavara constituency and Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) leader Shibu Baby John claimed that even Prime Minister Narendra Modi knows that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is not a serious player. He pointed out that while the PM goes to election-bound states multiple times, for Keralam, he has only visited once.

"What I am surprised by is that usually the Prime Minister, whenever there...