BDJS to break ties with BJP, keeps options open

Kozhikode: The BDJS is looking for new alliances in the state and planning to break off its ties  with the BJP.  BDJS national president Thushar Vellappally told a TV news channel here on Friday  that  cracks had developed in the   NDA coalition  and that the party would think of joining hands with any other party.  It will not accept any positions that the BJP may offer it in future, he added.

There  were rumours earlier that the BJP had turned down the BDJS demands for more posts in  central institutions.   It is said that  the BDJS was  trying to bag a few  Parliament seats in the next general elections, but the  BJP has rejected the demand as it has  not made any significant strides in the state.  SNDP Yogam general secretary Vellappally Natesan had said earlier that there was  no NDA in Kerala, but only BJP.  Mr Thushar's statement  comes  as an endorsement of  his father’s  stand.