Kerala Elections 2021: ‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan & State Chief K Surendran Feature In BJP’s First List

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on March 14 put out a list of 112 candidates for the upcoming Kerala Assembly polls. Actor-turned-politician and Rajya Sabha MP Suresh Gopi, ‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan, state party chief K Surendran, former Vigilance director Jacob Thomas, former Mizoram governor Kummanam Rajashekaran and former Union Minister & Rajya Sabha MP Alphons Kannanthanam feature in the list. Party national executive committee member PK Krishnadas, former DGP Jacob Thomas, actor Krishnakumar & former Calicut University VC Abdul Salam are also among prominent names in the BJP list. Congress has fielded senior leader K Muraleedharan in the hope of wresting the seat from the BJP. Former BJP state president CK Padmanabhan faces an uphill task against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in Dharmadam constituency. BJP is contesting 115 of the 144 constituencies in Kerala, having allotted 35 seats to ally BDJS.