Daijiworld Media Network – Bengaluru (RJP)
Bengaluru, May 17: As per some sources, Congress MLA from Maski, Pratap Gowda Patil is said to have shown an inclination to join BJP.
Patil has remained incommunicado since Thursday morning.
His supporters said that indeed his phone is not reachable at present and his stance will be made known by 6 pm on Thursday.
Pratap Gowda Patil was the BJP MLA in 2008 for the first time and later joined Yeddyurappa’s KJP. In 2013, instead of merging with BJP again along with Yeddyurappa, he joined the Congress camp. He was a Congress MLA in 2013 and won again from Congress ticket in the just concluded polls.
Patil, who has scored a hat trick as MLA, entered politics as an MLC. He was introduced to politics by Manohar Maski and MLA Sriramulu. It is learnt that the same duo, Sriramulu and Manohar Maski, have managed to woo Pratap Gowda back into the BJP.