Medical scam looms over Kerala BJP meet

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP's state office bearers meeting in Thrissur on Monday is expected to be stormy as the report on the medical college scam sent to Delhi was reportedly modified. 

BJP president Amit Shah will hold a road show, 'Red Terror', across the state tentatively from Sept 9 to 20. Several BJP chief ministers will also be accompanying him.

For the first time, former state president V. Muraleedharan has spoken out against his group leaders getting axed. 

State secretary V. V. Rajesh and Yuvamorcha State general secretary Praful Krishna were fired over medical college scam report leak and Kozhikode fund collection row.

BJP sources told DC that it shows that Muraleedharan is getting panicky as he fears that there are chances of central BJP leadership targeting top leaders in the party for conspiracy on the medical college scam.

“There are chances of Muraleedharan camp turning their ire against state president Kummanam Rajasekharan at the leadership meeting. His supporters will demand his resignation”, said a BJP source.

However, top leaders of the party vehemently denied reports of him diluting the internal committee report to go soft on his staff members. 

A prominent BJP leader told DC that when the media reported all aspects of the scam, they will not resort to something foolish and infuriate Mr Shah further.

Meanwhile, state leaders have sought Shah’s convenience from Sept. 7 for his road show spanning 20 – 22 days.

“Amit Shah will be camping in the State only for three days. But on each day of the road show, there will be at least one BJP Chief Minister camping in the State. So far Goa CM Manohar Parrikar, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis and Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh have confirmed their participation,” said another leader.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will also be arriving on Monday, and camping in Palakkad. In all likelihood, he is expected to meet few top BJP leaders to take stock of the situation.