With May 29 being the last day of campaigning for the upcoming bypoll for Thrikkakara constituency in Ernakulam district, senior politician P.C. George lashed out at Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and extended support for the BJP candidate in the by-election.
Mr. George, who was recently granted bail by the Kerala High Court in connection with a hate speech case, snubbed a summons issued by the police to appear at the Fort Police station in Thiruvananthapuram for questioning and landed at Thrikkakara to join the BJP campaign.
In a press conference held at Thrikkakara, Mr. George, flanked by BJP leaders including State President K. Surendran and the party's by-poll candidate A.N. Radhakrishnan, told reporters that both the Left front and UDF were permitting radical and communal groups to operate in the State in order to gain power.
