India, Dec. 3 -- BJP Kerala chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar declared on Tuesday that he would contest the 2026 Assembly elections from Nemom constituency.

Chandrasekhar's remarks came at a press briefing organised by the Thrissur Press Club in the light of the ensuing local body polls.

To a reporter's question on whether he would fight the Assembly polls next year, the BJP leader replied, "100%, I will fight. You can write it down. Do you want to know the constituency? It's Nemom."

Nemom constituency in Thiruvananthapuram district was won by the BJP's O Rajagopal in the 2016 Assembly polls and is the only seat the party has ever won in Kerala. In the 2021 polls, BJP's Kummanam Rajasekharan lost to CPM's V Sivankutty in Nemom by 3949 votes....