Senior politician Jayaprakash Hegde tilting towards BJP ?

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, Nov 4,2016 :  Is senior politician and former  Udupi-Chikkamagaluru MP   K Jayaprakash  Hegde planning to join the BJP ? If sources are to be believed  some BJP leaders are in touch  with Hegde who  was first associated with the Janata  Dal and later joined the Congress in 2008.

He had won the by-elections from Udupi-Chikkamagaluru in 2012. However in the 2014 elections he lost to Shobha Karandlaje  of the BJP. Hegde had contested the MLC elections last year as an independent after the  Congress denied him a ticket . Subsequently he was expelled from the party.

Reacting to the rumours of his plans to join the BJP, Jayaprakash Hegde admitted that he had talks with some BJP leaders once. He also stated that  he would  take a decision after consulting his supporters and well-wishers.