The Congress will welcome leaders from other parties, if they resign from their membership of the Legislative Assembly or Council, G. Parameshwara, Home Minister and former KPCC president, said in Belagavi on Friday.
He told journalists at Belagavi airport in Sambra that the Congress would admit any leader who would want to join it, after accepting its ideology. “However, we will not invite anyone. We have not done so now,’‘ he said. “The Congress government in Karnataka is strong and has a majority in the Assembly. We do not need to conduct any operation to poach MLAs from other parties. However, if some leaders want to join the Congress, we cannot say no. We will admit them if they accept our ideologies, leadership, policies and programmes,’‘ he said.
