Congress Including Ministers Willing to Join, Claims State BJP Chief
Karnataka BJP chief B.Y. Vijayendra claims 25 Congress MLAs, including ministers, are willing to join the BJP if elections are announced now.
MLA and State Bharatiya Janata Party president B.Y. Vijayendra on Monday claimed as many as 25 Congress MLAs including some Ministers in D.K. Shivakumar cabinet would quit the party to join Bharatiya Janata Party if elections are declared right now.
“The atmosphere is such that Congress MLAs have lost confidence in incumbent Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar,” stated Vijayendra and assured to continue his party’s fight against the Congress party such as padayatra against the State Government.
He exuded confidence in BJP returning to power in 2028 and recalled that under B.S. Yediyurappa and Basavaraj Bommai as chief Ministers during BJP rule in the State worked for exploited class/ farmers and welfare of all sections of the society.
Responding to Vijayendra, Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar told reporters in New Delhi “Let Vijayendra at once we;come Congress MLAs willing to join BJP. Let him not wait.”
He threw a challenge at Vijayendra and Janata Dal Secular State president and Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy to reveal the 12 legislators who voted for Congress nominee in Legislative Council polls a couple of months ago.
Shivakumar stated “Legislators from National Democratic Alliance led by BJP voted for Congress nominee since state of affairs is not favourable there.”
