KOTTAYAM: CPM leader and former president of Thekkekara panchayat, Minerva Mohan has joined BJP. Minerva has joined BJP at the felicitation meet of K Surendran’s Vijaya Yatra held in Kottayam. She got the party’s membership from union minister Smriti Irani.

Minerva who contested and won with CPM’s ticket has helmed the Thekkekara grama panchayat thrice. She was also chosen as the best panchayat president in the Kottayam district.

Ahead of the assembly polls, BJP is leaving no stone unturned in bringing the maximum number of persons to the party fold from various political parties and cultural organisations. With Minerva’s induction to the party, BJP has started implementing its political programmes.

P C George in the press conference conducted on today morning has said that Minerva has rendered her support to his political party—Kerala Janapaksham Secular via a phone call. He also added that if he supports NDA then BJP’s ‘love’ towards his political outfit will enhance further.