THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: BJP leader Kummanam Rajasekharan on Tuesday accused LDF and UDF leaders of spreading baseless lies against BJP. According to Kummanam, it was ministerKadakampally Surendran's mischief which was behind LDF's decision to field mayor VK Prasanth as its candidate in Vattiyoorkavu. Prasanth was announced as the candidate as the minister was irritated with his activities in Kazhakoottam, he said.

Kummanam further took on the UDF for raising baseless allegations about vote trade between CPM and BJP. He added that it is the UDF leadership that is trading votes with CPM in order to ensure BJP's defeat in the elections. He also denied claims which suggested that he was denied Vattiyoorkavu seat in the last moment.