Vijay Sankeshwar joins JD (S)
The Hindu
HUBLI: Vijay Sankeshwar, businessman and founder of the Kannada Nadu party, on Saturday joined the Janata Dal (Secular) along with his followers in the presence of H.D. Kumaraswamy, Working President of the State unit of the Janata Dal (Secular).
Mr. Kumaraswamy, who was here to invite Mr. Sankeshwar to join the Janata Dal (Secular), chose to admit him and his followers into the party on learning that they had resigned from Kannada Nadu.
"We have admitted him into the party and we have invited him to attend the executive committee meeting of the party on September 22," Mr. Kumaraswamy told presspersons.
Mr. Kumaraswamy said that Mr. Sankeshwar is joining the Janata Dal (Secular) without conditions and that the party will give him a suitable position to serve the region.
Mr. Sankeshwar has been admitted primarily to counter the propaganda that Janata Dal (Secular) President Deve Gowda is against north Karnataka, Mr. Kumaraswamy added.
