Narayana Swamy
Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore

Bangalore, May 28 : If sources close to former Karnataka CM and KJP supremo Yeddyurappa are to be believed, expelled senior BJP leader, India's top criminal lawyer and former law minister of India, Ram Jethmalani will soon be invited to join KJP to start the party's campaign at the national level.

Both Yeddyurappa and Ram Jethmalaini are now almost sailing in the same boat, as the former resigned from BJP and formed KJP, and the latter was expelled from BJP on May 28 on disciplinary grounds for six years.

"We tried to contact Jethmalani, but he is currently in the USA on holidays. We have contacted some of his close associates in New Delhi, and the initial response has been positive," a senior KJP leader said to daijiworld.

"Yeddyurappa initiated this idea as soon as the news of Jethmalani's expulsion reached him. He desires to expand KJP's wings to other states, and in the coming days the party's name will be changed. In view of the Lok Sabha elections next year, Yeddyurappa has planned to float a national party and form alliances with some other national parties," says the KJP source.

Reacting to this development, BJP general secretary and Yeddyurappa's political enemy Ananth Kumar told daijiworld that Yeddyurappa is trying to fish in troubled waters. "BJP has no issues if Yeddyurappa and Jethmalani come together," he asserted.

As Yeddyurappa has announced that he will change his party's name and symbol in the coming days, and is planning on some major alliance, the current development carries a lot of weight, and might have the opposition party with its fingers crossed.

Daijiworld tried to contact Yeddyurappa, but he was not reachable until late in the evening.