Daijiworld Media Network – Udupi (EP)
Udupi, May 21: Pramod Madhwaraj has reacted to the statement by KPCC president D K Shivakumar that the former had regretted his decision to join the BJP.
Madhwaraj said he has joined the BJP without any pre-planning. “As per BJP’s practice, one should join the party by taking into confidence the local activists. But, in Congress anybody can join the party and leave it.”
He said, “I visited the district BJP president today. Those who are interested may join BJP. I will not force anybody. The process of recruiting Congress leaders and activists to the BJP taking local activists into confidence will be conducted in the future. There is a difference between the Congress tradition and the BJP tradition. Everybody climbs the dais during a Congress programme. But there is discipline in the BJP. Only a selected few remain on the dais in the BJP. Even ministers, MLAs and MPs should sit down. I suggest that it is better if D K Shivakumar learns BJP’s practice. I do not look for dais. There is no problem or embarrassment to sit down as an activist.”
“As I have taken the decision to join BJP after careful thinking, there will be no question of regretting it in the future,” he said.
“It will not be too far when the Congress party in Udupi will feel sorry for having lost me. It will be known during the district panchayat and taluk panchayat elections. We will surely win the upcoming 2023 Vidhana Sabha elections. It will not be far when proud Congress leaders will feel sorry,” he said.