JD(S) former MLA from Navalgund and National General Secretary N H Konaraddi is all set to join Congress, in the presence of the leader of opposition in Assembly Siddaramaiah and KPCC president D K Shivakumar, in Belagavi on December 14.
Konaraddi is the latest among the series of JD(S) leaders who have jumped the ‘sinking ship’ of the JD(S) party. His departure will further weaken the JD(S) in the Kittur-Karnataka region.
Confirming his joining to Congress, Konaraddi informed DH that the prevailing political situation has made it necessary for him to join Congress.
“I have huge respect for JD(S) Supremo H D Deve Gowda and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy. But in the changing political scenario this move has become necessary,” he said.
Konaraddi, who has contested the Navalgund assembly constituency thrice from the JD(S) ticket, had managed to win the seat once in 2013 thanks to B S Yediyurappa’s rebel party KJP.
And with now Shankar Patil Munenkoppa, who regained the Navalgund seat in 2018, becoming district in-charge minister it has become that much more difficult for Konaraddi to win the seat on JD(S) ticket.
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