Former Minister M. Shivanna, popularly known as Kote Shivanna, will be joining the Congress at a party function scheduled to be held in Mysuru on Wednesday.
Mysuru district Congress president B.J. Vijaykumar said Mr. Shivanna will be quitting the BJP and joining the Congress in the presence of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar along with his large number of supporters at a function to be held at the Congress office on Wednesday.
Mr. Shivanna, who earlier served as the Minister of State for Finance in the Congress government led by S.M. Krishna, had been associated with the BJP for the last few years. After serving as the Chairman of the Karnataka State Commission for Safai Karmacharis during the BJP regime, he was an aspirant for the Chamarajanagar (Reserved) Lok Sabha ticket.
