Thiruvananthapuram: Kummanam Rajashekaran, P K Krishna Das and V V Rajesh are the prominent leaders who feature in the BJP list of candidates announced for the district. The party has not decided on the candidate in Kazhakkoottam.
Vaikunta Swami Dharma Pracharanasabha (VSDP) chairman Vishnupuram Chandrashekaran will be contesting from Kovalam. The NDA ally Bharath Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS) will be contesting from Varkala and Vamanapuram.
Among the 11 BJP candidates Kummanam Rajashekaran is contesting from Nemom, the lone sitting seat of the party in the present assembly. Kummanam is the former state president of the party and is also the former Mizoram governor.
P K Krishna Das, national executive member and former state president of the party, will be contesting from Kattakada. V V Rajesh, who is the city corporation councillor, is contesting from Vattiyoorkavu. He is at present the party district president.
J R Padmakumar, who is the former general secretary of the party and former spokesman of the party, will be contesting from Nedumangad. Former party district president C Sivankutty has been fielded in Aruvikkara. Another former party district president Karamana Jayan has been fielded in Parassala.
The fresh faces of the party in the election are P Sudheer who will be contesting in Attingal, Ashanath in Chirayinkeezhu, Krishnakumar in Thiruvananthapuram and Rajashekaran Nair in Neyyattinkara.
Actor Krishnakumar has been fielded against former health minister and sitting MLA V S Sivakumar in Thiruvananthapuram. Rajashekaran Nair is an industrialist. He had taken BJP membership in the public rally held at Sanghumugham, which was attended by Union minister Amit Shah.