Karwar MLA Anand Asnotikar is certain to join JD(S) according to the party's state working party member Purushottam Savant.
Anand Asnotikar, a former minister, is slated to join JD(S) in Bengaluru in the presence of JD(S) state president H D Kumarswamy and its National President H D Deve Gowda on January 15.
Addressing the media Savant said, when Anand's father Vasant Asnotikar was an MLA in S Bangarappa's Karnataka Congress Party (KCP), the latter's son Madhu Bangarappa had tried to get Anand to join JD(S).
"That has now become reality," Savant added.
He expressed the confidence that in the upcoming elections, Anand's entry into JD(S) will augur well for the party; especially in the Karwar-Ankola regions.