After the verdict, the disqualified MLAs, met B.L. Santhosh, national general secretary of BJP, expressed their willingness to join the party
Bangalore: On Thursday morning hours after the Supreme Court verdict paved the way for the disqualified MLAs to contest the by-polls, the BJP announced that all the 17 will join the party. Most of them are expected to contest the byelections on the BJP ticket, confirmed by the sources.
After the verdict, the disqualified MLAs, met B.L. Santhosh, national general secretary of BJP, expressed their willingness to join the party.
The Karnataka unit of the party held its core committee meeting in the city and resolved to welcome all the 17 MLAs. On Thursday Deputy Chief Minister C.N. Ashwath Narayan announced that all would join the BJP at 10.30 a.m. at the BJP State head office.
The Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa welcomed the Supreme Court verdict, terming it as “a defeat of the conspiracy of former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and former Assembly Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar”.
Yediyurappa expressed confidence about the party winning at least 12 of the 15 seats going to the polls on December 5. The BJP high command Amit Shah is likely to announce the list of candidates for most of the constituencies by Thursday evening.
While the Congress claimed that the top court order was a “moral victory” considering that disqualification was upheld by the court. KPCC president Dinesh Gundu Rao said the verdict proved “in the hand of BJP there is certainly topple of the coalition government has happened”.
He added, “If the BJP has any kind of morality left, then they should not give the ticket to the disqualified MLAs to contest election again by there party’s ticket.”
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