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Valsala Prasannakumar, erstwhile chairperson of the North Paravur municipality and wide caput of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) connected Tuesday (February 24, 2026).
She received the enactment rank from Rajeev Chandrasekhar, State president of the BJP, astatine a relation held astatine the enactment office successful Thiruvananthapuram. She said that she was attracted by the improvement docket and women empowerment initiatives of the BJP- led National Democratic Alliance astatine the Centre.
Ms. Prasannakumar, who was the elected arsenic the chairperson of the North Paravur municipality successful the assembly led by the United Democratic Front successful 2000 and 2010, said that she was acceptable to contention against Leader of the Opposition V. D Satheesan successful the North Paravur Assembly constituency, if fixed a summons by the BJP.
She has been staying distant from the Congress enactment for the past six years pursuing differences with the section enactment successful North Paravur, which had worsened aft the section assemblage elections successful 2025. Though she could sail done successful the last lap, she was capable to garner a bulk of 4 votes lone from the Pallamthuruth ward. She had alleged that radical wrong the Congress enactment had tried to decision her.
