Thiruvananthapuram, July 6 -- The BJP on Sunday rejected allegations of exerting indirect control and influence over the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (A.M.M.A) through its president Shwetha Menon, stating that the actor is not a member of the party.

The BJP's statement came a day after a clutch of women members of A.M.M.A accused Menon of attempting to create communal tensions within the outfit. One of the members also played an audio clip, supposedly of a woman BJP leader, claiming that a major corporate group would have donated Rs.15 crore to A.M.M.A if Menon remained at the helm as its president. Menon has dismissed the charges of being a BJP sympathiser.

BJP state general secretary S Suresh told reporters, "There is a tend...