KANNUR: VK Manoj Kumar, the former PA of KPCC president and Kannur MP K Sudhakaran, has joined the BJP. Manoj, a native of Kakkad in Kannur, had served as Sudhakaran's PA for a long time. Manoj received BJP membership today from C Raghunath, the BJP candidate in the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency. Speaking at a press conference in Kannur, Manoj Kumar said that K Sudhakaran is a complete failure as an MP.
Recently, Padmaja Venugopal, the daughter of former Chief Minister K Karunakaran, had left the Congress and joined the BJP. She received party membership from former Union Minister Prakash Javadekar in Delhi. Following this, Congress leader and Sports Council former president Padmini Thomas and Thiruvananthapuram DCC former general secretary Thampanoor Satheesh also joined the BJP.