The event to welcome the Youth Congress leaders to BJP was held near the final resting place of former CM Karunakaran and his wife.
BJP and its leader Padmaja Venugopal on Tuesday, 9 April, chose a venue adjacent to the final resting place of her father and Congress stalwart K Karunakaran in Thrissur to welcome 50 Youth Congress workers to BJP. Her brother and UDF candidate from Thrissur, K Muraleedharan, said he would never give away his parents’ resting place to the Sangh Parivar.