New Delhi, March 22 The BJP on Sunday announced another candidate for the upcoming Kerala assembly elections, fielding S Smitha from the Varkala seat.
With this, the BJP has announced 98 candidates for the April 9 elections.
In its third list of 11 candidates released on Saturday, the party fielded its district president, Karamana Jayan, from Thiruvananthapuram.
Jayan will be contesting against actor and LDF-backed independent, Sudheer Karamana, and Communist Marxist Party (CMP) and UDF leader, C P John.
Sitting MLA Antony Raju of the Janadhipathya Kerala Congress (JKC), an LDF ally, was disqualified following his conviction in a case related to tampering with evidence.
Another key name in the list is businessman, S Rajasekharan Nair, who will contest from Neyyattinkara.
He contested from Neyyattinkara in the 2021 assembly elections and finished third after CPI(M) leader K Ansalan and Congress leader R Selvaraj.
This time, he will face sitting MLA Ansalan and Congress candidate N Sakthan.
