BENGALURU: Ahead of the Karnataka Assembly elections, many prominent leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Janata Dal (Secular) joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Bengaluru on Monday.
The leaders who joined BJP include state general secretary Rajanna, Chikkaballapur district general secretary of AAP, Narasimha Reddy and many other supporters of various parties. The party leaders expressed their confidence that all the BJP candidates will win in all the constituencies, including Chikkaballapur.
Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar, BJP state general secretary Siddaraju and others welcomed the AAP leaders and workers who joined the party.
In the 2018 Assembly elections, the BJP emerged as the largest single party winning 104 seats, with the Congress winning 80 and the JD(S) 37 seats. The elections for the 224-member Karnataka Legislative Assembly will be held on May 10, and the counting of votes for the Assembly will be held on May 13. (ANI)