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First, it was the Ram temple in Ayodhya. Now, it is the “prasadam” elsewhere.
The BJP that has lived off motifs associated with organised Hinduism is running into a fresh accusation of biting that holy hand that had been feeding the party.
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A sum of Rs 25 lakh allegedly disguised as temple prasadam and delivered in a cloth bag with “a banana peeking out of it” is the latest poll payoffs charge against Kerala BJP president K. Surendran, with an RSS leader’s name too thrown in.
Surendran already faces investigation in two other Assembly election-related bribery cases, while the state BJP has also been dragged into a money-laundering case suspected to be linked to the April 6 polls.
Speculation rife over leadership change in BJP
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Surendran summoned to Delhi and his position is shaky, say sources
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Surendran summoned to Delhi and his position is shaky, say sources
Bharathiya Janata Party (BJP) State president K. Surendran’s presence in New Delhi on Wednesday triggered intense speculation about an impending leadership change in the party’s “embattled” State unit.
Some in the BJP have postulated that the national leadership had summoned Mr. Surendran and his position was precarious.
Notably, Mr. Surendran’s trip to the national capital comes against the backdrop of a rapidly expanding and politically touchy police investigation into the suspected role of BJP leaders in the alleged movement and subsequent highway heist of “unaccounted election funds” at Kodkara in Thrissur on April 3, barely three days before the Assembly elections on April 6.
Bahujan Samaj Party nominee accuses K Surendran of getting him to pull out of the race in Manjeshwar in exchange for Rs 2.5 lakh, a cellphone and the promise of a wine shop
The BJP's Kerala unit, already under fire for allegedly using large amounts of black money in the April 6 assembly elections, was embroiled in a new controversy on Saturday, with a candidate claiming he was offered Rs 15 lakh to withdraw his nomination against BJP state chief K Surendran.