Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan attempted to stoke an election-time political controversy by accusing Left Democratic Front (LDF) convener E.P. Jayarajan of having a clandestine business alliance with Union Minister of State for IT and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate in the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency, Rajiv Chandrasekhar.
Addressing a press conference in Alappuzha on Sunday, Mr. Satheesan said the alleged secret pact for mutual profit explained why Mr. Jayarajan had repeatedly claimed that the Lok Sabha matchup in Kerala was between the LDF and the BJP, and the Congress was nowhere in the reckoning.
Moreover, he accused Mr. Jayarajan of giving the BJP a leg-up on its prospects in Kerala by stating that the party had fielded excellent candidates in the State.
