Bangalore: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnatka has confirmed that the party floated by B Sriramulu, close aide and confidante of jailed ex-minister G Janardhan Reddy, is going to be merged with the BJP very soon. Sriramulu had started his own party BSR Congress before the Assembly elections last April.
Two of his MLAs including his nephew Suresh Babu, also an MLA from the party is currently also in jail in cases related to illegal mining. But the BJP says when the Congress can ally with Lalu Prasad Yadav; they see no problem in allying with Sriramulu. The BJP is likely to field Sriramulu in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election from Bellary, currently held by his younger sister J Shantha.
Leader of the opposition in Karnataka Assembly Jagadish Shettar says they gave an invitation to BSR Congress and Sriramulu has accepted it. He adds that Sriramulu personally has no cases against him.
In the last Assembly elections, BSR Congress won 4 Assembly seats. Two of them are in jail in connection with illegal export of iron ore. Sriramulu's godfather G Janardhana Reddy has been in jail for more than two and a half years.
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