Thiruvananthapuram: The Bharatiya Janta Occasion (BJP) on Thursday alleged that the Communist Occasion of India (Marxist) (CPM) is resorting to “low-level politics” by fielding a namesake candidate in opposition to state BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar within the Nemom constituency forward of the state Meeting elections.
BJP state normal secretary S Suresh mentioned CPM candidate and minister V Sivankutty was behind the transfer. He claimed that the CPM had fielded Rajeev Kumar GS, secretary of the get together’s Arannoor department, as a namesake candidate to confuse the voters. Suresh mentioned Rajeev Kumar was a well-known determine amongst residents of Thiruvananthapuram and Karamana.
“Sivankutty, gripped by concern of defeat, is resorting to all potential ways to flee it,” he mentioned, including that the minister’s present actions had been “much more shameful” than his previous conduct within the Meeting.
He additionally demanded readability from the CPM on whether or not Rajeev Kumar had been fielded as a namesake candidate within the identify of Rajeev Chandrasekhar to undermine democracy, or whether or not he was contesting as a insurgent candidate in opposition to Sivankutty.
Suresh additional claimed that the NDA had already constructed sufficient assist within the Nemom constituency to safe a victory margin of fifty,000 votes. He urged the CPM to not repeat what he described as a “political drama” much like the one allegedly staged in Manjeshwaram to defeat Ok Surendran, and warned in opposition to making an attempt such ways on the politically conscious citizens of Nemom.
The Election Fee of India has scheduled polling for Kerala on April 9, with relying on Might 4. Rajeev Chandrasekhar and V Sivankutty, together with the UDF’s Ok S Sabarinadhan, are the important thing candidates within the Nemom constituency.
