Former Congress Leader SM Krishna to Join BJP This Week
The long-time Congress leader left the party after being “sidelined”.
Almost a month after Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa said that former external affairs minister and Congress leader SM Krishna will join the BJP “100%”, a party official informed on Monday that Krishna is ready to join the party’s rank this week.
“Krishna will join our party in New Delhi on 15 or 16 March after meeting party’s national President Amit Shah. He will also call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi later,” a BJP official told IANS on the condition of anonymity.
Krishna, 84, resigned from the Congress on 29 January after almost five decades of association for “being sidelined by its leadership”.
“Krishna will leave for Delhi on Tuesday and meet Shah on Wednesday. He will join the same day (15 March). If not on that day, he will join on 16 March at 11:20 am,” the official said.
Krishna’s aide also confirmed that the octogenarian would leave for Delhi on Tuesday to meet Shah and Modi on Wednesday or Thursday.
(With inputs from IANS.)
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