Bengaluru: While former chief minister S M Krishna was slated to join the BJP on March 15, the programme has been temporarily put on hold following the demise of his sister.
The 84-year-old leader, who quit the Congress following a 50 year association on January 28, had already reached New Delhi on Tuesday since he was scheduled to join the BJP on Wednesday in the presence of BJP chief Amit Shah. However, he had to rush back to Bengaluru as soon as he received the message of his sister’s demise on Tuesday night.
It is gathered that Krishna may join BJP sometime next week. However, the exact date of joining was yet to be decided, they noted.
As per the earlier plan, Mr. Krishna was supposed to hold consultations with BJP National president Amit Shah on Tuesday. However, he could not meet Mr. Shah as the latter returned to the national capital late on Tuesday night since he had to attend Manohar Parrikar’s swearing-in as Chief Minister of Goa.
Similarly, there was uncertainty about Mr. Krishna’s party joining programme on Wednesday too as Mr. Shah is scheduled to attend the BJP government’s installation programme in Manipur.
Following this, the BJP Karnataka unit leaders had on Tuesday night announced that Mr. Krishna would join the party either on Wednesday evening or Thursday morning depending upon Mr. Shah’s schedule. However, the programme has now been put off following the death of Mr. Krishna’s sister.
