Overview
- Nomination affidavits filed on March 21 detail pending criminal cases and financial disclosures for BJP candidates contesting the Kerala Assembly election on April 9.
- BJP leader K. Surendran reports 242 pending cases, largely tied to protests including Sabarimala agitations, the highest tally among candidates according to his affidavit.
- His filing lists roughly Rs 28 lakh in assets and over Rs 9 lakh in liabilities, with cases spanning IPC provisions on unlawful assembly, rioting, and obstruction of public way.
- Other affidavits show Union minister George Kurian with one pending case from a 2014 protest and assets above Rs 1.74 crore, and V. Muraleedharan with eight protest-linked cases, movable assets over Rs 20 lakh, and no immovable property.
- Sobha Surendran lists 35 pending cases and assets around Rs 1.94 crore, while former DGP R. Sreelekha declares assets over Rs five crore and denies a new FIR alleging disclosure of a POCSO victim's identity.