Thrissur, March 26 -- Ahead of the 2026 Kerala Assembly Elections, the BJP leader and National Democratic Alliance Candidate (NDA) candidate from Thrissur, Padmaja Venugopal, has intensified her campaign, asserting that her shift from the Congress was driven by a quest for "mental peace" and a desire to bring real development to the state's cultural capital.

The daughter of the late Congress leader and former Chief Minister K Karunakaran filed her nomination papers earlier this week for the April 9 elections, as she faces a triangular contest in a constituency where the BJP made history in the recent Lok Sabha elections. Actor-turned politician scored a win for the BJP in Thrissur in the 2024 general elections.

The BJP candidate highlig...