LS polls: BJP fields state chief Surendran against Rahul Gandhi in Wayanad

Announcing candidates for the remaining four seats in Kerala, the BJP has fielded its state chief K Surendran in the high-profile Wayanad constituency against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

Scholar and former vice-chancellor of Sree Sankara Sanskrit University, K S Radhakrishnan, and actor-turned-politician G Krishnakumar will contest from the Ernakulam and Kollam constituencies respectively, the party announced on Sunday.

T N Sarasu, former government college principal, would seek electoral luck from Alathur in the northern Palakkad district.