Kannur: LDF convener and CPM central committee member EP Jayarajan confirmed on Friday that he met BJP leader Prakash Javadekar in the presence of 'Dallal' Nandakumar.
According to Jayarajan, Javadekar paid him a visit at his son's flat in Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram. No political discussions were held during the meeting, Jayarajan said after casting his vote at Aroli Govt Higher Secondary School on Friday morning. The CPM leader said that a planned conspiracy had been launched against him, and indicated that legal measures would be pursued against perpetrators.
TG Nandakumar, known as Dallal Nandakumar, said Javadekar, who is in charge of the state unit of the BJP, met Jayarajan at a flat in Thiruvananthapuram in his presence and sought CPM's help to let BJP win Thrissur Lok Sabha seat.
"The meeting was personal. Javadekar visited me. That's all. Can you ask a visitor to leave? I excused myself for a meeting, and he left shortly after. It was Nandakumar who brought Javadekar home. My political stance remains unchanged regardless of whom I meet. There's no need to inform the party about every visitor," Jayarajan said.
"This is an attempt to divert attention from KPCC president K Sudhakaran's potential move to the BJP," he said.
He added that he has never met BJP leader Sobha Surendran and that his son has no connection with her either. "Sobha Surendran had taken his number at a wedding and shared some pictures via WhatsApp," he said.
Responding to Jayarajan's statement Sobha Surendran said that BJP did hold discussions with nine leaders from both LDF and UDF. “Meeting with Jayarajan was 90 per cent successful. It's alright if EP said he doesn't know me personally, he at least admitted to meeting Javadekar,” she said.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and CPM state secretary MV Govindan came out in support of Jayarajan. “There is nothing wrong in meeting Javadekar; I too have met him, and told him that the BJP won't get anything from polls here. Nandakumar is someone who wants to make money by any means. Jayarajan should have been more cautious though,” the Chief Minister said.
“Accusations against EP part of the anti-Communist campaign,” Govindan said.
