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Chandrasekhar concedes defeat to Tharoor; claims Kerala supporting BJP

BJP candidate Rajeev Chandrasekhar conceded defeat to Congress' Shashi Tharoor in the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat, but said that the election result in Kerala indicates that people are increasingly supporting the saffron party. Chandrasekhar, who is the Union Minister of State for Information Technology in the outgoing cabinet, said that it was "disappointing" that he lost, even though the BJP fought a very strong battle in the state.