THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Veteran BJP leader Kummanam Rajasekharan will be BJP’s candidate for the upcoming Vattioorkavu by-election..

This was informed by BJP leader O Rajagopal MLA.

O Rajagopal said Kummanam had agreed to contest the election and from tomorrow onwards he would start his campaign for votes.

Rajagopal told media persons Kumman, who contested the assembly election in 2016 from Vattiyoorkavu will again contest the 2019 byelection from the same consituency.

In 2016, Kummanam had reached the second position. The official announcement of Kummanam’s candidature has come after months of speculations and anxiety. The candidature for Vattiyoorkavu was a topic of hot discussion in party circles.

The BJP could not arrive at a decision even days after the announcement of by-elections. When the LDF and UDF went ahead with the campaigns, BJP was in a state of confusion over the selection of candidate.

It is under these circumstances, BJP MLA O Rajagopal himself has come out to announce the candidature.