Ramesh Katti, former MP and BJP leader, has denied as baseless rumours, reports of him joining the Congress before the Lok Sabha polls.
He told reporters in Belagavi on Monday, that he was not interested in leaving the BJP as his family was active in it for decades. He also said no one from the Congress had contacted him.
He was responding to a statement by Satish Jarkiholi, minister and KPCC working president that Ramesh Katti was welcome to join the Congress if he believed in its ideology and accepted its principles. While speaking to reporters in Chikkodi on Sunday, Satish Jarkiholi said that Congress had not approached Ramesh Katti, but the leader was welcome to join the party.