Kerala BJP leader Sandeep Varier joins Congress

Published On : 2024-11-16T14:00:58+0530 [ IST ] | Author : Mayur_Tembhare
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PALAKKAD: Ahead of the November 20 Palakkad Assembly bypoll dissidentKerala BJP leader Sandeep G Varier joined Congress on Saturday. Congress leaders including KPCC chief K Sudhakaran and Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan welcomed him by draping

I'm taking a membership in the shop of love," Sandeep said at a press conference with Congress leaders here.

He said the mistake he made was expecting support and love from an organisation that has consistently nurtured only hate.

He claimed that BJP state president K Surendran was the reason behind his exit from the saffron party.

Surendran and his team are the only reason I joined the Congress he said.

He said he left the party because he was frustrated with the constant compromises between the BJP leadership and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

He further stated that the BJP abandoned him for opposing the Karuvannur co-operative bank scam.

The idea of Congress is the idea of India he added.

The BJP came second in Palakkad in the 2021 and 2016 assembly elections. In 2021 'Metro man' E Sreedharan who was the BJP candidate lost to Congress' Shafi Parambil by only 3,859 votes.

Meanwhile BJP state president K Surendran said that Varier's exit would not have any impact on the party.

Earlier this month Varier announced his decision not to campaign for BJP candidate C Krishnakumar.

Varier raised a banner of protest stating that he felt "humiliated" and consistently ignored by the party even in campaign events for the by-election.

The Election Commission has postponed the Palakkad Assembly bypoll from November 13 to November 20 citing the Kalpathi Ratholsavam festival.

The bypoll was necessary after the Congress MLA of the constituency Shafi Parambil was elected from the Vadakara constituency to the Lok Sabha.

Source : Reporters From Sunrise Chronicles

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