Union Tourism Minister K.J. Alphons, Tom Vadakan Likely To Figure In Kerala BJP List

Union Tourism Minister K.J. Alphons, Tom Vadakan Likely To Figure In Kerala BJP List

Kochi: Among those likely to figure in the list of candidates of the Kerala BJP, includes Union Tourism Minister K.J. Alphons and new entrant and former Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan, besides senior state leaders. Kerala has 20 Lok Sabha seats and the BJP, which leads the NDA, contests in 14 seats, while five seats will be contested by its principal ally, the BDJS, and the former Union Minister of State P.C.Thomas-led Kerala Congress gets one seat.

Soon after returning here from Delhi, state BJP president P.S.Sreedharan Pillai said on Wednesday that the list would be released on Thursday, but kept silent when asked if he is going to be a candidate in the upcoming polls. “The list of Kerala candidates would be released in Delhi tomorrow (Thursday) by the national executive,” Pillai said. (IANS)

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