The three Christian district presidents are Justin Jacob in Thrissur City, Roy Chacko in Kottayam East, and V C Varghese in Idukki South.

In addition, out of 269 constituency committees of BJP, 34 will be led by women, a revolutionary step, when compared to the presence of women in key positions in other political parties in Kerala, Surendran said.

Further, 14 from the Christian community, and 32 from Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes, are included in the constituency committees, he added.

“The decision to split the districts was taken as part of strengthening the party’s activities. Population and geographical aspects were taken into consideration while splitting the districts into different committees,” Surendran said.

Meanwhile, responding to the questions about dissenting voices among BJP councillors in Palakkad Municipality, Surendran said that the party had its own mechanism to resolve such issues and BJP wouldn’t lose its power in Palakkad municipality.

To a question about Sandeep Varier’s appointment as KPCC spokesperson, Surendran replied with a question “Who is he?”.