Close on the heels of the speculation on several BJP MLAs from Bengaluru getting ready to switch loyalties to the ruling Congress started gaining momentum, the BJP took to preventive measures by holding a meeting of its city MLAs under the leadership of party veteran and former Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Friday.
Though former Ministers S.T. Somashekar and Bhyrati Basavaraj did not attend the meeting, BJP leader R. Ashok said they were in touch with the party leaders and had taken permission to skip the meeting due to other pre-occupations.
Former Ministers Munirathna and K. Gopalaiah, who too were on the list of BJP MLAs being speculated to join the Congress, clarified that they would continue to stay in the BJP and that they would sit in the Opposition for the next five years.
