Delhi Confidential: Families First

The BJP seems to be in an aggressive mode in Kerala ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. After naming Anil Antony, son of Congress leader A K Antony, as its candidate from Pathanamthitta constituency, the party is trying to win over another “Congress family member”.

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Sources said Padmaja Venugopal, daughter of veteran Congress leader K Karunakaran, is all set to be inducted into the party.

The BJP seems to be in an aggressive mode in Kerala ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. After naming Anil Antony, son of Congress leader A K Antony, as its candidate from Pathanamthitta constituency, the party is trying to win over another “Congress family member”. Sources said Padmaja Venugopal, daughter of veteran Congress leader K Karunakaran, is all set to be inducted into the party. Although Padmaja, an office-bearer of the Kerala Congress unit, doesn’t have a remarkable electoral record, her joining the BJP would certainly be a big boost for the party in the state, said BJP leaders. Padmaja, who lost elections thrice — LS polls in 2004 and Assembly elections in 2016, 2021 — could be fielded in this Lok Sabha elections, sources said.

Development Model

After PM Narendra Modi on February 23 inaugurated Banas Kashi Sankul, a milk processing unit of Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd built at UPSIDA Agro Park in Varanasi, the local BJP organisation has started a drive to take party workers, supporters and other residents of Varanasi on a tour of the complex that is located around 42 kms from the city. Around 1,000 people are visiting the complex every day and the exercise will continue till all the interested people across the constituency have seen the plant, said sources. BJP leaders are making arrangements for conveyance and lunch for the visitors, who are also being given certificates for touring the plant. As Modi is the BJP’s candidate from Varanasi, the party leaders are showcasing the project as a model of development done by PM.

Back To Campus

It was a nostalgic moment for India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant when he visited his alma mater, Jawaharlal Nehru University, on Wednesday. He received the “Distinguished Alumni” certificate from JNU Vice Chancellor Professor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit. Kant is from the 1978 batch of the university. After receiving the certificate, Kant said, “My time at the institution has played a significant role in shaping my life and career and my contribution towards nation building.”