<p>It will not be a cakewalk for Yeddyurappa if he wants to join the Congress, Union Labour and Employment Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said on Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Speaking to reporters at the Hubli airport, Kharge - who was in the city to attend a programme - said the former chief minister should first quit the BJP and fill the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) application form seeking membership. “A number of leaders are waiting in a long queue outside the Congress office seeking membership.” <br /><br />The Congress high command would think about whether to induct him into the party or not, as he is allegedly involved in land scams.<br /><br />Kharge said with Yeddyurappa setting a deadline for the high command to give him a suitable position and with the high command making it clear that Sadananda Gowda would continue as chief minister, there was a likelihood of the former chief minister quitting the BJP. <br /><br />The Union minister predicted that the Assembly would be dissolved and fresh polls announced in the light of the rift in the BJP. <br /><br />The saffron party’s government had failed to provide good governance in the State, Kharge said. <br /><br />To another query, Kharge said Congress should not be held responsible if the BJP government collapsed. <br /><br />“There are differences among the leaders in every party, including Congress. The senior leaders should take the initiative and solve the problems for the good of the party,” he said.<br /></p>
<p>It will not be a cakewalk for Yeddyurappa if he wants to join the Congress, Union Labour and Employment Minister Mallikarjun Kharge said on Sunday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Speaking to reporters at the Hubli airport, Kharge - who was in the city to attend a programme - said the former chief minister should first quit the BJP and fill the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) application form seeking membership. “A number of leaders are waiting in a long queue outside the Congress office seeking membership.” <br /><br />The Congress high command would think about whether to induct him into the party or not, as he is allegedly involved in land scams.<br /><br />Kharge said with Yeddyurappa setting a deadline for the high command to give him a suitable position and with the high command making it clear that Sadananda Gowda would continue as chief minister, there was a likelihood of the former chief minister quitting the BJP. <br /><br />The Union minister predicted that the Assembly would be dissolved and fresh polls announced in the light of the rift in the BJP. <br /><br />The saffron party’s government had failed to provide good governance in the State, Kharge said. <br /><br />To another query, Kharge said Congress should not be held responsible if the BJP government collapsed. <br /><br />“There are differences among the leaders in every party, including Congress. The senior leaders should take the initiative and solve the problems for the good of the party,” he said.<br /></p>
