A day after Padmaja Venugopal joined the BJP, the Congress fielded her brother K Muraleedharan in Thrissur, their father K Karunakaran's home turf.
K Muraleedharan. (X)
After Padmaja Venugopal joined BJP, Congress sprang a surprise, fielding her brother and MP, K Muraleedharan, from Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency. Thrissur is the home turf of their father and party stalwart, late K Karunakaran. The move altered the political equations in Thrissur, where the BJP has been pinning its hopes on winning the first Lok Sabha seat in Kerala.