ALAPPUZHA: Former union minister and BJP leader Prakash Javadekar swiped all rumors aside to confirm that it will be K. Surendran, who will lead the BJP in decisive Lok Sabha elections. Lately, Rumours and talks among party insiders revealed a leadership change on the cards, but Javadekar's rooting for Surendran settles the case.

The confirmation from Javadekar came while he was inaugurating a meeting in the party’s Alappuzha constituency office. "It is in the playbook of CPM and UDF to create feuds over imaginary stories. Nothing is going to work as K. Surendran will lead from the front in the arriving Lok sabha elections", Javadekar asserted. Later on, he lauded the BJP state president saying that Surendran exemplifies valiance. BJP
state general secretary P. Sudheer participated in the meeting.