The BJP central leadership wants Thushar Vellappally to contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The party plans to stop Vellappally Nadesan's anti-BJP comments through this move. The state leadership has told the centre it is ready to give up any seat except Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur and Pathanamthitta.
The central leadership wants Thushar on the NDA’s candidate list in state. The BDJS has been conveyed this idea. BJP National President Amit Shah is expected to make the offer directly to Thushar when he visits Kerala this month or early March.
The state leadership has told the centre it will be best to contest Thushar from Attingal, Kollam or Alappuzha. Natesan’s comments during Chengannur by-election and Sabarimala issue have troubled the BJP. They fear the same during the Lok Sabha election. Once Thushar is a candidate, both Natesan and the SNDP will stand with the party, the BJP believes. Natesan seems to have argued against Thushar’s candidacy the other day realising this strategy.
