Thrissur, March 16 -- Rebel CPI MLA CC Mukundan joined BJP after his party refused to give him the ticket to contest the upcoming assembly elections.
Mukundan currently represents the Nattika assembly constituency in Thrissur district and is likely to contest from there as a BJP candidate.
A Dalit face in the CPI, an ally of the LDF in Kerala, Mukundan was denied the party ticket for a second term. Instead, the CPI fielded Geetha Gopi from the Nattika seat.
Mukundan visited the BJP office and received the party membership in the presence of senior leaders. Later, Mukundan alleged the CPI had converted Nattika into a "payment seat".
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