In Karnataka, the KRPP leader G Janardhana Reddy merged his party with the Bharatiya Janata Party today and rejoined the party along with his wife Aruna Lakshmi ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. They joined the party in the presence of party leader BS Yediyurappa and state BJP President BY Vijayendra. Reddy said that he joined the party without any conditions and was not seeking any position.
Congress has released a list of five candidates for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls. Prahlad Gunjal will contest from Kota, Ramchandra Choudhary from Ajmer, and Sudarshan Rawat from Rajsamand constituencies in Rajasthan. The Party has fielded Advocate C. Robert Bruce from Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu.
