New Delhi: Ahead of the assembly elections in Kerala, the Congress has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s state unit president and former Union minister of state Rajeev Chandrasekhar of concealing information relating to his assets.While a complaint was filed to the Election Commission (EC) by the Congress’s K.S. Sabarinadhan, who is contesting against Chandrasekhar in Nemom, the poll body, after some scrutiny, accepted Chandrasekhar’s nomination.On Monday (March 23), the Congress’s Kerala unit had posted on X a Bengaluru South revenue department document showing a property tax receipt allegedly belonging to Chandrasekhar, regarding his 49,000 square foot residence in Koramangala, an upmarket residential location in Bengaluru. The party claimed that the BJP leader had failed to disclose the property in this year’s election affidavit.In the tax receipt shared, the Congress alleged that Chandrasekhar paid over Rs 5 lakh in property tax on March 17, 2026 for the property in Koramangala.“This is a 1.07 acre property in one of the most expensive locations in the country, where many Indian billionaires live. Land here costs around ₹35,000 to ₹50,000 per sq.ft or more. By a fair estimate, the land value alone could be around ₹200 crore,” the Congress claimed.Sharing an application number for verification, the party stated: “The tax was paid just six days ago on 17th March, which you can verify yourself.” It also doubled down on the fact that Chandrasekhar had listed the same residential address in his 2024 affidavit.Calling Chandrasekhar a “habitual offender”, it demanded his disqualification.Chandrasekhar in his affidavit has declared one immovable asset: a parcel of non-agricultural land with the address “No. 419”, located in the third block of Koramangala. He purchased the property in 2006 for Rs 5.26 crore and has assigned it an approximate current market value of Rs 15.07 crore.In the part of his affidavit furnishing information about his sources of income in FY2024-25, the address given says plot 408 in Koramangala’s third block.Despite the Congress’s objections, the returning officer had accepted Chandrasekhar’s nomination, stating that it did not meet any grounds for rejection as per the Candidate’s Handbook 2023, according to The Hindu.On Tuesday, the BJP Kerala, in a post on X, rejected these claims as “fabricated”, saying “Congress cyber groups are continuously spreading fake news against BJP State President Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar” that he owns a residence in Koramangala and concealed the information in his election affidavit.❌ Fearing electoral defeat, Congress cyber groups are continuously spreading fake news against BJP State President Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar.❌ The claim being circulated by Congress cyber handles that he owns a residence in Koramangala and concealed this information in his… pic.twitter.com/tjAIYIGGHk— BJP KERALAM (@BJP4Keralam) March 24, 2026The BJP claimed that the Congress was repeating the allegations it had also raised during the Lok Sabha elections because of “panic and fear of defeat”.Speaking to reporters, Chandrasekhar too denied the allegations. “They tried this during the Lok Sabha election. They raised questions about my income tax. They raised questions about my house … They are simply an incorrigibly stupid party that only relies on lies and innuendo instead of putting forth a good vision for the people of Kerala … Everything I have done in my life, I have done openly and transparently,” he said.Meanwhile, responding to the BJP, the Congress said on X: “If our claim is fabricated, then the property tax receipt we shared must be fake.”The party reiterated its claim that the same property had been declared in Chandrasekhar’s 2024 affidavit, asking the BJP to verify on its own.Dear @BJP4Keralam,If our claim is fabricated, then the property tax receipt we shared must be fake.Please use application number 1600322463 at the link below and download it yourself. It clearly shows that Rajeev Chandrasekhar has paid around ₹5 lakh as property tax for… https://t.co/2Z6N4GJfX7 pic.twitter.com/trAykffSMW— Congress Kerala (@INCKerala) March 24, 2026“He has explicitly stated that he resides at House No. 408, while simultaneously declaring that he does not own any residential property. So which is it? Is he living in a ₹50,000 sq.ft. mansion owned by someone else with the exact same name, or is this a clear case of a false affidavit?” the party asked.It also claimed that plot number 419 “is just his car shed” and accused him of not declaring the properties numbered 408 and 445.Sabarinadhan said that the Congress and its United Democratic Front will take action against it in the coming days.“We have a very clear case here. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who is a millionaire, has the right to contest elections, but he has purposely and wilfully suppressed information … [about] a property for which he himself paid property tax worth Rs 5 lakh … Unfortunately, his lawyers claim that it is a mistake on their part … But the returning officer, the observer, does not have the legal wherewithal in this constitutional system to disqualify based on this ground. So, we are surely going for an election case,” he said speaking to reporters in Thiruvananthapuram.This is on the same day that Kerala police appeared to have asked social media platform X to take down posts on the EC’s letter to political parties which bore the seal of the BJP’s Kerala unit, claiming that the posts “blatantly insult” the poll body and propagates “content that undermines communal harmony”.Assembly elections in Kerala are scheduled to be held in a single phase on April 9. The counting of votes is to take place on May 4.