'Kollegal MLA ridiculed Hindu religion; why welcome him in BJP?'

Mudigere MLA says JD(S) and Congress did not show interest in N. Mahesh

Updated - November 22, 2021 09:55 pm IST

Published - August 24, 2021 03:54 pm IST - Hassan

Kollegal MLA N. Mahesh (2nd from left) joins BJP in the presence of BJP veteran B.S. Yediyurappa, party State unit president Nalin Kumar Kateel, and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai at the BJP office in Bengaluru on August 5, 2021.

Kollegal MLA N. Mahesh (2nd from left) joins BJP in the presence of BJP veteran B.S. Yediyurappa, party State unit president Nalin Kumar Kateel, and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai at the BJP office in Bengaluru on August 5, 2021.

 

Mudigere MLA M.P.Kumaraswamy expressed his disappointment over entry of Kollegal MLA N. Mahesh to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

“The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) expelled him, and both JD(S) and Congress did not show interest in taking him. Now, he has joined the BJP,” Mr. Kumaraswamy told journalists in Chikkamagaluru on August 24.

The BJP MLA commented that Mahesh had ridiculed Hindu religion and termed it ‘Manu Dharma’. “Yet, the BJP inducted him into the party. However, I don’t think he would be given a ministerial berth,” he said.

Mr. Kumarasway said that he is happier than Ministers in the government. “I am serving people more than Ministers,” he said.

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