Bengaluru, Apr 14: Congress leader from C.V. Raman Nagar P. Ramesh, who had lost to S. Raghu of BJP in the 2013 Assembly elections , by a margin of 8,419 votes, joined the Janata Dal (Secular) on Friday.
At one time, Mr. Ramesh was a close aide of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
The Income Tax Department had searched his residence and office in December 2015.
The party’s State unit president H.D. Kumaraswamy said that this was a re-entry for Mr. Ramesh. “He had gone with Mr. Siddaramaiah to the Congress.”
JD(S) sources said that Mr. Ramesh is likely to be their candidate in C.V. Raman Nagar constituency.
Sources said that Mr. Ramesh had been lobbying for the Congress ticket, but had been told that he would not get it this time. The names of Public Works Minister H.C. Mahadevappa or his son Sunil Bose are doing the rounds.
Meanwhile, Mr. Kumaraswamy campaigned in Rajarajeshwarinagar constituency as part of Kumara Parva on Friday.
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