The BJP has cast its net wide to rope in candidates from all segments of society having mass appeal.
The BJP has cast its net wide to rope in candidates from all segments of society having mass appeal. It has selected Hindutva propagandist Rahul Easwar, 32, son of Easwaran Nampoothiri and Mallika and the grandson of Kandararu Maheshwararu, senior thantri of Sabarimala, to try his electoral fortunes from Thiruvananthapuram, Kanjirapally or Thrissur.
Already, actors Suresh Gopi and Bheeman Raghu, cricketer Sreesanth and directors Rajasenan and Ali Akbar are in the provisional list of the BJP. A final decision is likely before Friday evening when the BJP central election committee will meet in New Delhi.
“Efforts are still on to convince Suresh Gopi to contest from Thiruvananthapuram though he is keen to contest to the Lok Sabha,” a top BJP leader told DC.
Currently, Rahul Easwar is the co-ordinator of Kerala State Youth Commission. His family had a leaning towards the Congress, but now has joined the Hindutva brigade.
“Mahatma Gandhi had visited our home in Kerala in the 1930s and even Indira Gandhi had asked my grandfather to do a pooja for her family. My first preference is Thiruvananthapuram,” Rahul Easwar told DC.
Sreesanth will contest from Tripunithura replacing Prof Thuravoor Viswambaran, whom the BJP had chosen earlier. Ali Akbar will be fielded from Koduvally in Kozhikode district.
