PATHANAMTHITTA: K Surendran, the BJP candidate of Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha seat, will get eight lakh votes and the votes will be sought in the name of Sabarimala, said former DGP T P Senkumar. The main discussion in the polls will be Sabarimala and the people of the state are seeing all this, he said.

“Why is the government so arrogant towards a section of the people? This would be the last of appeasement politics in Kerala, he said. It is not possible to say that Sabarimala should not be discussed. It will be discussed. There is no violation in installing the hoardings of Karma Samithi, he said.