Bengaluru: Gokak strongman Ramesh Jarakiholi has announced that he and all other 16 disqualified MLAs are joining the BJP on Thursday.
He made this announcement in the city after meeting Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa.
It can be recalled that Ramesh Jarakiholi is the first MLA from the Congress who started the rebel activities in the state which eventually resulted in the fall of the JDS-Congress government.
“All of us are contesting on the BJP ticket. We are becoming ministers after the election,” he said.
After a long wait, the SC finally delivered its verdict on the disqualification row. While the SC upheld the former Speaker Ramesh Kumar’s decision of disqualifying the MLAs, it has allowed the disqualified MLAs to contest the upcoming by-polls.