THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The BJP will announce Kerala state candidates in Delhi this week. The party will be contesting in 15 seats across the state. BDJS will contest in four seats while Kerala Congress P.C. Thomas group will contest in one seat. The NDA believes that Sabarimala issue will prove to be fruitful.

The party state sector prepared a list of thirty potential candidates for fifteen seats. If Thushar Vellappally is ready to contest, BDJS will be given an additional seat.

State President P.S. Sreedharan Pillai, Kummanam Rajasekharan, P.K. Krishnadas, Sobha Surendran and A.N. Radhakrishnan have found a spot in the list. The list was prepared in the leadership of C.K. Padmanabhan, P.K. Krishnadas and O. Rajagopal and also by considering the opinions of activists.