Bengaluru, Jan 31 (DHNS): The state BJP on Monday invited former chief minister S M Krishna to join the party.

BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa told reporters in Bengaluru that he will soon meet Krishna and hold talks with him.

“I was eager to visit him today. But I learnt that he has left for Maddur. I am leaving for New Delhi today and will meet him after I come back,” Yeddyurappa said.

Sources said Yeddyurappa will discuss the issue with the party’s central leadership in the national capital in the coming days. “Krishna’s entry into the BJP will strengthen the party,” Yeddyurappa said.

Yeddyurappa with Krishna - File photo

BJP state general secretary Shobha Karandlaje said, “We have extended an invitation to him (Krishna) to join the BJP. The party will benefit from his experience. He launched several popular programmes as chief minister of the state.”

Another state general secretary of the BJP, C T Ravi, said Krishna quitting the Congress is an indication that political polarisation in the state has commenced.

While Krishna was in Maddur till evening, Yeddyurappa left for Delhi.

Sources close to Krishna spiked rumours that Krishna had met BJP national president Amit Shah before moving out of the Congress.

It is a closed chapter - Krishna

Meanwhile, S M Krishna has said that his resignation from the Congress is now a 'closed chapter'.

Speaking to reporters at Somanahalli in Maddur taluk on Monday, Krishna said that Congress president Sonia Gandhi and senior leader Ahmed Patel had called him over phone following his resignation.

“But, it is a closed chapter. I don’t want to react about it,” he said. He said that he had already spoken about the people who hurt him and did not want to repeat the names.

“I will speak to my supporters before deciding my next step,” Krishna added.