Palakkad (Kerala), March 8 Senior BJP leader Sobha Surendran began her election campaign here on Sunday, amid reports that she may contest the upcoming Assembly elections from the constituency.
Surendran launched the campaign by painting a mural in Palakkad town.
In response to a question whether she would contest from the Palakkad constituency, she told reporters that the decision would be made by the party leadership at the state and national levels, in consultation with the BJP's core group.
"The party will decide what each person should do. Once the election declaration is made, you will know who the candidate is," she said.
She also said that there should be no speculation until the national leadership announces the candidate.
Surendran also said that the BJP-led Palakkad municipality would present a development-oriented budget similar to the one in the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, where the party is in power.
"We will be participating in numerous programmes organized here as part of the start of the election campaign. Like a well-oiled machine, our entire system is engaged in election work from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod," she said.
She said that the BJP and NDA are gaining wider acceptance across Kerala, and more people and parties are joining the front.
"We see this as a major movement, and the BJP will make significant gains in the election," she said.
Surendran said that the BJP and NDA are not contesting the polls merely to win a few seats in the Kerala Assembly.
"Our target is to bring a double-engine government to the state," she said.
According to her, the BJP has a 20 per cent vote share in Kerala and 27 per cent in Thrissur. The party's vote share is also rising in strongholds of the LDF, such as Alappuzha.
"People are looking towards the BJP, and they will realize it," Surendran said.
She claimed that not only BJP and Sangh Parivar activists, but also CPI(M) and Congress sympathisers would vote for the BJP for development.