The former Minister and BJP leader Ramesh Jarkiholi has brushed aside as false and baseless reports that he is considering going back to the Congress.
“I will never join the Congress. I might die instead. I am a BJP member and will stay here,” he told reporters in Athani on Monday.
He was here to participate in a wedding function of a family friend.
To a query on Union Minister and BJP leader Shobha Karandlaje’s invitation to the former Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi to come back to the BJP, Mr. Jarkiholi said that he does not bother about “self-proclaimed leaders”.
Mr. Jarkiholi and Mr. Savadi are considered political opponents. Mr. Jarkiholi fielded his follower Mahesh Kumthalli against Mr. Savadi and actively campaigned in Athani during the recent Assembly elections. Mr. Savadi contested as Congress candidate and won.
