The former Minister Shankar Patil Munenakoppa, whose long silence and disappearance from active politics for the last several months had led to speculation about the possibility of him switching sides, announced on Monday that he is with BJP and that he will continue to be with the party.
Addressing presspersons in Hubballi on Monday, the former Minister, who reappeared after a long gap at New Delhi during the re-induction of the former Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar to the BJP, categorically stated that he has always been opposed to the Congress and he will not in any case join that party.
He termed reports about him being in touch with Congress leaders as not true.