EC CLEARS KERALA BJP CHIEF'S NOMINATION AMID ROW OVER NON-DISCLOSURE OF ASSETS

Congress, CPI (M) to take fight to court after complaint filed

- TDG NETWORK

BJP Kerala president Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The Returning Officer of Kerala's Nemom constituency has accepted the nomination of BJP State President and National Democratic Alliance candidate Rajeev Chandrasekhar for the April 9 Legislative Assembly polls in the State, his counsel said on Tuesday.

This development comes after the United Democratic Front (UDF) and Congress, earlier today, filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India alleging that the BJP leader had failed to reveal all his assets in his affidavit. The UDF had requested the Election Commission to reject Chandrasekhar's nomination on this ground of discrepancy.

It was alleged that Chandrasekhar had not disclosed the details of a 49,000 square feet bungalow at Koramangala in Bengaluru, Karnataka.

Chandrasekhar's legal counsel has alleged that the opposition was spreading false allegations and propaganda via social media and traditional media to discredit the former Union Minister and raise irrelevant issues.