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Even arsenic the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) section enactment has denied immoderate links with Anand K. Thampi, who allegedly committed termination aft the enactment denied him a summons to contention successful the upcoming section assemblage polls, the Shiv Sena (UBT) has clarified that helium was ever a subordinate of the BJP and had joined the Shiv Sena lone for 1 day. Addressing a property league present connected Tuesday (November 18, 2025), Peringamala Aji, State caput of the Shiv Sena, demanded a broad probe into the circumstances that led to Anand’s death.
"Anand lone had a day's relation with the Shiv Sena. He has ever been a committed idiosyncratic of the BJP. Even connected the time of his death, helium was engaged gathering radical and canvassing for votes successful the Thrikkannapuram ward. He decided to cooperate with the Shiv Sena due to the fact that the BJP had denied him a seat, but this relation lasted lone for 1 day," helium said.
Mr. Aji said the BJP has an organisational work to analyse Anand's death. The party's assertion that helium was not a BJP subordinate astatine the clip of his decease is unacceptable, helium said.
40-year-old Anand was recovered dormant successful a shed adjacent to his location astatine Thrikannapuram connected Saturday evening (November 15, 2025). A WhatsApp connection to friends purportedly written by Anand earlier his decease said helium had decided to contention successful the upcoming section assemblage polls arsenic an Independent campaigner arsenic the BJP had selected idiosyncratic else.
'Informed RSS’
Anand said successful the connection that helium had informed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) territory functionaries astir his tendency to contention from Thrikkannapuram connected a BJP ticket. He was, however, denied the summons arsenic 3 section leaders of the BJP and the RSS who allegedly had ties with the soil mafia wanted idiosyncratic with akin links arsenic their candidate. The purported termination connection mentioned that nary BJP oregon RSS workers should beryllium allowed to spot his body.
BJP State wide caput S. Suresh had claimed that Anand did not person immoderate links with the enactment and that helium had taken a rank successful the Shiv Sena. He had besides accused different governmental parties of utilizing Anand’s decease for governmental propaganda.
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