One thing is beyond doubt - Muslim politics is becoming more and more powerful. Now they are not at all a backward community as is the official view. They are now mostly rich, well educated, at the same firmly holding the orthodoxreligious spirit and using it for politics aided by increasing population. They play clevery the religion/minority / Secular / backward cards according to the situation. When the other parties are split into various group politics they can get enormous bargaining power in the govt. and can utilize it very skillfully.
Regarding BJP, at least in Kerala they still could n't rise up to the situation, not because of the anti BJP propaganda by others like LDF etc. but primarily because of their own poor leadership. Otherwise, they will come because, in my view, people are fed up with corrupt, dishonest, opportunistic rule of both LDF and UDF.
