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Bengaluru:
Two former MLAs of JD(S) R Manjunath and D C Gowrishankar along with their supporters joined the ruling Congress in Karnataka on Wednesday.
Gowrishankar was an MLA from Tumakuru Rural and Manjunath had represented Dasarahalli in the city.
Senior JD(S) leader T R Prasad from Bommanahalli in the city too joined the grand old party.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his deputy D K Shivakumar, who is also the state Congress president, inducted them into the party.
Siddaramaiah welcomed them into the party fold and said they have quit the JD(S) after they learnt that it has become "communal".
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Topics mentioned in this article
JD(S)
R Manjunath
D C Gowrishankar
Supporters
Ruling Congress
Karnataka
Wednesday
Gowrishankar
MLA
Tumakuru Rural
Manjunath
Represented
Dasarahalli
City
Senior JD(S) Leader
T R Prasad
Bommanahalli
Grand Old Party
Chief Minister
Siddaramaiah
Deputy
D K Shivakumar
State Congress President
Inducted
Party
Welcomed
Party Fold
Quit
Learnt
"communal"
