PM Modi launched the PM SVANidhi Credit Card in Kerala, offering UPI-linked, interest-free credit to street vendors and extending the scheme till March 31, 2030.

PM Modi pointed to the BJP’s recent victory in the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation as evidence of growing public support.

Addressing a large BJP rally at the Putharikandam Maidan, PM Modi said the party’s rise in Kerala would mirror its early growth in Gujarat, where it began by winning control of a single city nearly four decades ago. He recalled that before 1987, the BJP was a marginal force in Gujarat and received little attention.