Belagavi: Minister for Water resources, Ramesh Jarkiholi said that he can bring five of the Congress legislators from the state resign within a matter of 24 hours. “I can bring them into the BJP. If I reveal their names, you are bound to be shocked,” he said on February 14, while addressing a felicitation organized for the BJP-supporterted gram panchayat presidents, vice-presidents and members belonging to Belagavi rural assembly constituency.
He said that he hopes to see an increase in the number of victorious BJP-supported candidates in the next election. “The lotus should bloom again in this constituency. For that to happen, everyone has to join hands and fight in an organized way,” he advised.
“When the issue of party affiliation comes, we are all strong BJP supporters. For 20 years, I had been sidelined in the Congress. But in the BJP, every leader including union home minister, Amit Shah and Yediyurappa treat me with affection,” he stated. He acknowledged that he considers the leader of the opposition in the assembly, Siddaramaiah, as his leader and that he speaks to the latter at least twice every day.
