The losing CPM candidate from Kerala’s Manjeshwar constituency has written to the Kasaragod district police chief seeking the registration of a case against state BJP president K. Surendran for allegedly bribing a Bahujan Samaj Party candidate to pull out of the fray.
V.V. Rameshan, who finished third from Manjeshwar where the Indian Union Muslim League candidate narrowly defeated Surendran, has suggested the BJP chief be booked under Indian Penal Code sections 171b (election-related bribery) and 171e (punishment for bribery).
His complaint follows Saturday’s claim by BSP nominee K. Sundara that Surendran had got him to pull out of the April 6 election in exchange for Rs 2.5 lakh, a cellphone and the promise of a wine shop.