THRISSUR: Thrissur DCC president T N Prathapan clarified that BJP need not prepare for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections by thinking that former assembly speaker and Congress leader Therambil Ramakrishnan will join the pearty. “Therambil Ramakrishnan is a senior leader of the Congress. He will not join BJP”, said T N Prathapan while reacting to the news that Therambil will contest as a BJP candidate in Thrissur in the 2019 elections. However, he did not respond to the question whether Therambil will contest as a Congress candidate.

Some online media had reported that Therambil Ramakrishnan will join BJP since he is facing defiance within the party. News was spread that Therambil met Amit Shah in New Delhi. However Therambil had earlier denied the news. He had told Kerala Kaumudi that such allegations are baseless.