NEW DELHI: The Central Election Commission has approved the list of BDJS office bearers led by Thushar Vellapally. The list approved by the EC includes the names of Thushar Vellapally (President), A.G. Thankappan (Vice President), Rajesh Nedumangad (General Secretary) and Anirudh Karthikeyan (Treasurer). The EC's order is a major setback for the Subhash Vasu, who claimed that his faction was the real BDJS.

The BJP state leadership and the RSS were with Thushar Vellapally even when Subhash Vasu and others raised a claim over BDJS. The support of Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan was also crucial. BJP national president JP Nadda and general secretary in charge of the organization B.L. Santhosh had reiterated their support for Thushar. It is learned that BDJS has been assured of more positions in the boards and corporations as promised earlier.

Thushar Vellapally said that the NDA will be more powerful in the social sphere of Kerala and the front will make strong progress in the forthcoming local body and assembly elections.