Congress inducts former AAP leaders

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Four for mer Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders and scores of their supporters from Shivamogga and Belagavi districts joined Congress at the Bharat Jodo Hall in Bengaluru on Sunday.

They were welcomed by Deputy Chief Minister and Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president DK Shivakumar, KPCC working presidents Saleem Ahmed and BN Chandrappa, among others.

The fresh inductees were Shivamogga’s T Netravati, Belagavi South’s Noor Ahmed Qutbuddin Mulla, SS Mnajunath from Shivamogga Rural, Chikkanagouda from Bailhongal town in Belagavi district and a multitude of his supporters.

The purpose of the inductions is to gather a critical mass of workers for next year’s Lok Sabha elections. Karnataka Congress also marked the 106th birth anniversary of former prime minister Indira Gandhi at the same venue beforehand.

On the occasion, Shivakumar accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of hijacking Congress party’s guarantee schemes to fight elections in five states.

“The BJP is using our guarantee model to fight the ongoing Assembly elections. But beware, BJP and JD(S) will revoke the guarantee schemes if they come to power because they don’t believe in it,” Shivakumar Kumaraswamy has lost claimed.