NEW DELHI: BJP central leadership Wednesday informed to contest in 14 seats in Kerala for the Lok Sabha polls. BDJS will contest in five seats and Kerala Congress K C Thomas faction will fight in one seat. A decision will be taken soon on who all will contest in these seats. This was announced by BJP leader Muraleedhar Rao, in charge of Kerala, central committee member P K Krishnadas and BDJS state chief Thushar Vellappally at the press meet convened at the BJP headquarters in Delhi. Satya Kumar in charge of polls in Kerala also attended the press meet.

P K Krishnadas said the NDA will be able to create miracles in Kerala. NDA representatives from Kerala will be there in the Parliament this time. Nine MLAs from Kerala are contesting polls this time. They should resign their posts and face polls. BJP and BDJS are like Ram Lakshman. There are no disputes in the party in connection with the selection of candidates, he added.

Meantime, Thushar Vellappally said that he has not decided to contest polls. Discussions on selection of candidates have just completed. A decision will be taken after holding talks with the BDJS leadership in Kerala. If needed will resign SNDP membership. BDJS should not be seen as B-Team of SNDP. All sections are included in the party, he added