<p>Senior Congress leader and former minister A Manju, who represented the Arkalgud constituency (Hassan district) in the Legislative Assembly, joined JD(S) on Saturday.</p>.<p>This development has cleared the rumours about the confusion of the JD(S) candidate in Arkalagud as sitting MLA A T Ramaswamy is moving away from the party.</p>.<p>Sources confirmed that A Manju will contest the forthcoming assembly election from Arakalagud. Manju, originally a Congressman, shifted to BJP for a while and joined Congress again. He joined JD (S) in the presence of the party supremo H D Deve Gowda and other leaders. </p>
<p>Senior Congress leader and former minister A Manju, who represented the Arkalgud constituency (Hassan district) in the Legislative Assembly, joined JD(S) on Saturday.</p>.<p>This development has cleared the rumours about the confusion of the JD(S) candidate in Arkalagud as sitting MLA A T Ramaswamy is moving away from the party.</p>.<p>Sources confirmed that A Manju will contest the forthcoming assembly election from Arakalagud. Manju, originally a Congressman, shifted to BJP for a while and joined Congress again. He joined JD (S) in the presence of the party supremo H D Deve Gowda and other leaders. </p>