India, Aug. 17 -- BJP leader and former Poonjar MLA PC George Sunday made a U-turn on allegations of misappropriation of election funds in his constituency within the party that he had made publicly at a party meeting in July.

George (74), at an election review meeting in Erumely in July, had said that funds allocated by the party's central unit for the election campaign in Poonjar had been misappropriated with even booth committees failing to receive money.

He had claimed that Rs.4.45 crore had reportedly been allocated for the constituency during the Assembly election, but that a large portion of which had been misappropriated with some party leaders even buying cars with the loot. He named Saji Kurikkad, the party's general secretary...