Alappuzha: BJP leader Sobha Surendran here on Tuesday said TG Nandakumar, popularly known Dallal Nandakumar, paid her Rs 10 lakh as advance for purchasing her land in Thrissur. Addressing the media, she refuted the alleged middleman's allegation that she swindled the money.
The NDA candidate from Alappuzha in the Lok Sabha election accused CPM of using Nandakumar against her party.
“Nandakumar expressed willingness to purchase my plot in Thrissur when I discussed my plans to sell it. He brought along a packet carrying Rs 10 lakh and handed it over to me as an advance payment for the land deal. But I insisted on a bank transfer. Though the deal was agreed upon, Nanadakumar was not ready for registration. So, I refused to give him the money,” Sobha clarified.
She claimed that Nandakumar visited her for the first time to discuss the entry of a prominent CPM leader to the BJP. “He was a frequent visitor at the BJP national committee office to facilitate the entry of a CPM leader from Kannur to our party. He contacted me after confirming that I was the party's in charge for enrolling new members from South India. I had met the CPM leader who wished to join the BJP. But, the person was not ready communicate with us directly. When we discussed the CPM leader's membership in Delhi, Nandakumar demanded a huge amount as his commission. But BJP has never paid crores of rupeees to middlemen like Nandakumar for increasing our membership,” she explained.
She challenged Nandakumar to reveal the name of the CPM leader. "This CPM leader visited me at Thrissur's Ramanilayam when CPM state secretary Govindan Master was leading a rally in the district. Nandakumar should reveal about this meeting. But people close to Pinarayi Vijayan got the wind of an imminent split, so they threatened Nandakumar in Delhi. Following this, he dropped his plans,” Sobha explained.
At the same time, she clarified that the BJP would welcome any CPM leader other than Pinarayi Vijayan after studying his or her background.
