Another jolt to Congress! Former RS member K C Ramamurthy joins BJP

Bangalore, October 22: Former Congress Rajya Sabha member from Karnataka K. C. Ramamurthy joined the BJP today. It’s a yet another jolt to the already embattled Congress. 

 

Ramamurthy was inducted into the BJP in the presence of party working PresidentJ P Nadda and party General Secretaries Arun Singh and Bhupender Yadav. Ramamurthy did not give any specific reasons for his move and said that he had resigned from the Congress at his own will. He also denied any pressure, inducement, or coercion from the ruling bloc.

 

Ramamurthy had resigned as Congress RS member on October 16 and his resignation was accepted by House Chairman and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu. He had also sent a letter to Sonia Gandhi, the acting president of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) informing her of his decision.