Will Cong leader Manju join BJP to contest against Prajwal Revanna in Hassan?

Bengaluru, Mar 12: Senior Congress leader A Manju from Hassan district, the stronghold of JD(S), on Tuesday indicated that it was true that he had met BJP Karnataka President B S Yeddyurappa and said he was against the party leaving key segments to JD(S) in Old Mysuru area in the coming Lok Sabha elections.

According to State BJP sources, the Congress leader, who is nursing his ambition to fight the coming Lok Sabha elections, had already held two rounds of meeting with the State BJP leaders to join the Saffron Party.

Speaking to reporters in his residence amid speculation that he would join BJP and contest from Hassan against JD(S) candidate Prajwal Revanna in the coming General Elections, Mr Manju remarked, “Politics is not stagnant water. IT is true that I met Mr Yeddyurappa and also senior BJP leader Mr Srinivasa Prasad during the last few days. But I am here to work for the benefit of people of my district and based on their wishes I will make the next move,’ he said.

Mr Manju was critical on the seat sharing formula Congress was contemplating with its coalition partner JD(S) in Karnataka and said leaving key seats in Old Mysuru area to JD(S) will be detrimental to the Congress in the region.