Karnataka MLA Janardhana Reddy joins BJP, says ’don’t need any positions’

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Bengaluru, Mar 25, 2024: Mining baron and lone Karnataka Rajya Pragathi Paksha (KRPP) MLA G Janardhana Reddy on Monday joined the BJP in the presence of party leader BS Yediyurappa and state BJP President BY Vijayendra. His wife and politician Aruna Lakshmi also joined the BJP ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

 

"Today I joined BJP by merging my party with BJP. I am so happy I’ve come back to my home to support Modi for the 3rd time. I joined the party without any conditions. I don’t need any positions," Janardhana Reddy said.

On Reddy’s entry into the BJP, BS Yediyurappa said, "This is a very good decision by Reddy. This will strengthen our party. Will win all 28 seats. His wife and friends have joined BJP, and it’s a boost for us. I welcome them wholeheartedly."

"I have decided to join the BJP in the presence of senior BJP leaders at 10 am tomorrow (on Monday). BJP is equivalent to our mother. I called a meeting with the KRPP workers to take their opinion and unanimously decided to join the BJP. They assured me that they’ll be with me," Reddy had told reporters on Sunday.

In last year’s Karnataka assembly polls, Janardhana Reddy had floated the KRPP and contested the election. He had won from the Gangawati assembly seat.

Janardhana Reddy was a minister in the BJP government headed by BS Yediyurappa before he was arrested and sent to jail in a mining scam.

Notably, Janardhana Reddy’s brothers, G Karunakara Reddy and G Somashekara Reddy, who were contesting as BJP candidates, had lost in last year’s Karnataka assembly polls.

Karnataka, which has 28 Lok Sabha seats, will vote in two phases on April 26 and May 7. Votes will be counted on June 4.

Courtesy: India Today