Two ex-MPs, a former IAS officer join BJP as Karnataka gears up for assembly polls
Gowda, a leader hailing from Tumakuru, had been upset with the Congress after the party backed HD Deve Gowda (JD-S) in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Since the JD(S)-Congress combine ruled the state then, the Congress had assigned the Tumakuru Lok Sabha seat to the former PM in the seat-sharing arrangement.