Dr Umesh Jadhav to join BJP on Mar 6
Team Udayavani, Mar 5, 2019, 6:07 AM IST
Kalaburagi: Congress rebel MLA Dr Umesh Jadhav after submitting his resignation to Speaker Ramesh Kumar on Monday, March 4 is all set to join BJP.
It is gathered that Jadhav will be joining the BJP party on Wednesday, March 6 in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Kalaburagi. He will also be fielded as the BJP candidate from the Kalaburagi Lok Sabha Consistency against veteran Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge.
Mallikarjun, who has remained undefeated in any election, has won the Gurmitkal and Chitapur (reserved) assembly constituencies eight times.
Jadhav, who was facing disqualification under the anti-defection law following a complaint filed by the Congress legislature party leader Siddaramaiah for skipping CLP meetings, had turned up for the budget session to evade disqualification.
However, Congress’s biggest worry now is the rival camp growing stronger, with Jadhav, too, choosing to quit the party at a crucial time
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