Antony tells Left to back Congress after polls

Antony said the political climate in Kerala was favourable to the Congress-led United Democratic Front.

Hitting the campaign trail in Kasargod in north Kerala, where Congress nominee T Sidduque is locked in a fierce combat with the CPI-M's sitting MP P Karunakaran, Antony addressed a string of meetings in the area, including the Left pockets of Payyannoor and Kanhangad.

The Minister had yesterday also made it clear the party was ready to accept support of others to form another edition of the UPA government at the Centre after the polls to avoid "the danger" of BJP under Narendra Modi coming to power.

He had dismissed projections that BJP was a frontrunner to form the government as hype, saying he saw a clear possibility of UPA forming another government for which other parties would extend support which Congress would take.

The impression being created of a "Modi wave" across the country was a myth created as part of BJP's marketing strategy with the support of a section of corporates, he had said.