Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar is set to take on Congress' Shashi Tharoor who currently holds the seat.
The BJP began its election campaign in Kerala on Monday, with a bike rally and a roadshow by NDA candidate Rajeev Chandrasekhar in Thiruvananthapuram. Chandrasekhar rode an open jeep, amid loud cheers, and said he had come to the Kerala capital with the blessings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “PM Modi has transformed India in the last 10 years,” he said.