BJP yet to consider promise to BDJS

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The BJP claims that it is making great strides in Chengannur although the NDA is yet to hold its election convention.   The  state BJP leadership is worried that the  national leadership has not yet made any move to meet the demands of the   BDJS.  This has prevented the  NDA from going full steam ahead with the campaign though the  LDF and the UDF have already held their conventions.

However,  the  BJP has held its ‘Maha Samparkam’ (mega contact programme) in all the 164 booth committees in   the constituency. It was reported earlier that the  NDA would hold its election convention last week.  The BDJS national president Thushar Vellappally told DC that he had  not heard anything from the central BJP leadership. Mr P. K. Krishnadas, former BJP state president,  told DC that the central  leadership was  busy with other commitments and had no time to take a call on the BDJS  demands.

“BJP will sort out the differences at the earliest. We can hold election convention anytime in Chengannur. We have already made  great strides in the constituency  and left  our rivals far behind,”  he said.   BJP candidate P.S. Sreedharan Pillai has been  campaigning hard.       On Saturday,  the BJP  leaders visited the households and distributed  pamphlets  printed under the NDA banner.