Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate in Malappuram M. Abdul Salam was denied permission to accompany Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his roadshow here on Tuesday. The BJP had announced that the candidates in the Palakkad, Ponnani and Malappuram Lok Sabha constituencies would join Mr. Modi in the roadshow.
Dr. Salam, the only Muslims candidate on the BJP’s first list, reached here well in time to join the roadshow, but he was not allowed to enter the vehicle as his name was not there on the SPG list. A disheartened Dr. Salam left Palakkad saying that “his name was not there on the list.”
BJP sources said that Dr. Salam could not be accommodated as there was no space in the vehicle. C. Krishnakumar and Nivedita Subramanian, BJP’s candidates in Palakkad and Ponnani respectively, and party State president K. Surendran accompanied Mr. Modi in the vehicle.
