K. Rajasekharan contests as BJP's candidate from Thiruvananthapuram against Congress' Shashi Tharoor
Thiruvananthapuram sources stated that the controversy over the entry of women into the Sabarimala temple will help the BJP make inroads into Kerala, says the party's candidate K Rajasekharan while stressing that the disconnect between the people and the governments of the Congress and Left is an ever widening one. Accordingly Mr. Rajasekharan recently resigned as governor of Mizoram to contest as the BJP's candidate from Thiruvananthapuram against Congress' Shashi Tharoor, a two term sitting MP from the constituency.
Meanwhile he said the people of Kerala have understood the BJP stands for the preservation of their culture and traditions and will never play with their sentiments. Mr. Rajasekharan told news agency "People from all religions in Kerala want to have the liberty to maintain their traditional customs and hence they want the liberty to observe, perform their customs and traditions, may it be temples, mosques or churches".
He added “The Sabarimala issue will feature prominently during the BJP's campaign in Kerala”. Moreover he said the lack of adequate highways, railway connectivity and employment avenues in villages are only some of the problems, adding that the disconnect between governments and the people has long been widening. Apparently he also alleged that a sum of Rs. 6,000 crore given to the Kerala government by the Centre for developmental work has neither been utilized nor been accounted for.
