THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Thiruvananthapuram district president S Suresh has been named the BJP candidate for the Vattiyoorkavu by-polls. The name of senior leader Kummanam Rajashekaran was earlier included in the list of probable candidates. As expected K Surendran will compete from Konni. Raveesha Tantri Kundar will be the BJP candidate in Manjeswaram, another notable constituency. Yuva Morch chief Prakash Babu will be fielded in Aroor and C G Rajagopal in Ernakulam.

Though the names of other candidates including K Surendran was not officially announced, these names were almost finalised. However, there was an uncertainty only in the case of Kummanam. Until recently, there were strong predictions that Kummanam would be fielded in Vattiyoorkavu. Senior leader O Rajagopal had yesterday mentioned that Kummanam is willing to contest. However differences of opinion within the BJP delayed the decision. Kummanam, who spoke to the media today said that if the party insists, he is willing to contest the polls.

Things changed after that and the party decided to field district president and young leader advocate S Suresh in Vattiyoorkavu. Though Suresh's name was heard along with Kummanam, Suresh's response was that he was satisfied with his party work.