Assembly poll: BJP to field top leaders

By Our Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, FEB. 18. The BJP will field its top leaders as well as new comers in the coming elections to the Assembly.

The leaders who are likely to enter the arena include Mr. C.K. Padmanabhan, Mr. P.P. Mukundan, Mr. P.K. Krishnadas and Mr. P.S. Sreedharan Pillai.

The constituency-level committees have started the process of recommending the candidates. The State election committee will meet on February 20 for preliminary discussions on lists from the districts.

The State president, Mr. C.K. Padmanabhan, told The Hindu that the final list will include representatives of minorities and women.

The BJP spokesperson, Mr. P.K. Krishnadas, said in a statement that the CPI(M) State leadership should clarify its stand on the statement of the Kasaragod district secretary of the CPI(M) that party supporters would vote for the UDF in Kasaragod and Manjeswaram constituencies to defeat BJP candidates. The district secretary had admitted in a television interview that the party had adopted such policies in the past. Such policies, Mr. Krishnadas said, were against political morality.

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