Day after Kerala CM candidate flip-flop, BJP and Sreedharan play down confusion
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By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A day after the flip-flop over projecting Metro Man E Sreedharan as Chief Ministerial candidate, the celebration and Sreedharan selected to keep away from the row. Sreedharan informed reporters on Friday that he had not joined the BJP anticipating any posts in return and that his solely purpose was to serve the folks. He mentioned it was for the BJP nationwide management to determine the Chief Ministerial candidate. However, he would take up the accountability if the celebration asks him to take action, Sreedharan clarified. BJP state president Ok Surendran blamed the media for misrepresenting his statements. He mentioned he had not formally declared Sreedharan because the Chief Ministerial candidate however solely echoed the needs of the folks of the state in addition to the celebration to see him assume the publish.
ALSO READ: Confusion, mockery as BJP makes U-turn on Sreedharan’s CM candidature It is learnt that Surendran was pressured by the central management to make clear his stance a day later. Surendran’s earlier assertion, which was broadly interpreted as an official endorsement of Sreedharan as Chief Ministerial candidate, had not gone down properly with the BJP central management. Union Minister V Muraleedharan, who initially supported Sreedharan as Chief Ministerial candidate on Thursday later modified his stance. Meanwhile there’s resentment from throughout the BJP over the Vijaya Yatra led by Surendran turning right into a discussion board for pointless controversies that embarrass the celebration A couple of days in the past, an announcement by BJP nationwide government member Sobha Surendran throughout the Vijaya Yatra that the Muslim League may be part of the NDA if it sheds its communal id had triggered an argument. Surendran who initially hit out on the proposal later softened his stance. The controversy over the Muslim League had not solely taken away the main focus from the Yatra but in addition earned the displeasure of hardline supporters of the celebration.
