# BJP Kerala equations shift as Surendran gets national role 2026-08-17T17:46:12+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The BJP's national office-bearer list, announced on Monday, has reshaped internal group equations in Kerala. K Surendran and Anil Antony have been appointed national secretaries, while A P Abdullakutty lost his post as vice president. The reorganisation is seen as boosting the V Muraleedharan faction in the state unit's internal rivalries. The P K Krishnadas faction suffered a setback, as neither Krishnadas nor his representatives secured any posts. Prominent female leader Sobha Surendran was excluded from the list despite the national emphasis on female representation. Anoop Antony, who contested from Thiruvalla in the recent assembly elections and finished second with 43,078 votes, was also overlooked for any role, despite his close ties with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Mathrubhumi reports that Surendran's national role comes after he stepped down as state president in March 2025, having held office since February 2020. Abdullakutty, who joined the BJP from the Congress in 2019, lost his national vice president post. ## Coverage - english.mathrubhumi.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Anil Antony, BJP, K Surendran, Kerala Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bjp-kerala-equations-shift-as-surendran-gets-national-role/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bjp-kerala-equations-shift-as-surendran-gets-national-role/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/