Mandya: Amid the buzz created over the glaring picture of independent Mandya MP Sumalatha Ambarish in the flex boards of BJP erected to welcome Union Home Minister Amit Shah to the sugar town today, former Minister and BJP MLC C.P. Yogeshwar has disclosed that Sumalatha will be joining the saffron party soon.
Addressing media persons here on Thursday, Yogeshwar said “there have been talks over Sumalatha embracing the party since long. Even the MP is also very much inclined towards joining the party and it will happen soon.”
There has been an impression that the BJP top brass is focused only on Belagavi and Hubballi in North Karnataka and coastal areas. Now, Amit Shah is coming to Mandya to strengthen the party in old Mysuru region. He will be visiting all the districts in this part of the State and Prime Minster Narendra Modi is also expected to come, added Yogeshwar.
Well, she will demand a ministry at the centre for switching to the BJP. She has tio be careful, as she won this cnstituency last time, after sympathy votes piled up for her, after the death of her husband, Hucche Gowda, who called himself Ambarish.
This time the JD(S) will field a stronger candidate, as this is a Gowda constituency.
The BJP is a Linmagayt party supported by Lingayat Seers. The fact that the then Nijalingappa was enthusiastic in demanding the regions of Maharashtra to join the Old Mysore state to form Karnataka, was because of the unsually large number of Lingayats residing in these regions.
Amrit Shan and Modi are concerned about the leadership qualities of Bommai, who they see him as a moustached toad. They will replace him, after the election.