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The newest entrant to National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Twenty20, is reportedly seeking at least 20 seats in the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections.
NDA released the names of its candidates for 16 out of 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala.
Following a state executive meeting in Cherthala, BDJS confirmed that its party chief, Thushar Vellappally, will be their candidate for Kottayam.
A preliminary discussion on candidates was held at a meeting of coalition partners in Kochi on Monday.
Vellappally has claimed that the NDA won't work in Kerala unless it cozies up to minorities.
Thushar was controlling the intermediaries operating in Telangana from Ahmedabad, said KCR.
BDJS sources said the party national president Thushar Vellappally had expressed willingness to step down as the convener of NDA.
After a preliminary enquiry, the BJP believes that the votes of its ally, the Bharath Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS) had gone to the rivals.
CPI’s C K Asha, the sitting legislator, Congress’s Dr P R Sona and BDJS’s Ajitha Sabu faced hardly any challenges from their party colleagues at the time of candidate selection.
Though the SC has stayed the High Court order, it is unlikely to benefit some candidates who already entered the fray after taking voluntary retirement.
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