Savadi left the ruling party in the state as his name did not appear in the first list of candidates for the Assembly elections scheduled to be held next month.
The Lingayat leader also alleged that there was a systematic conspiracy against him and added that he was never an indurate person but the party forced him to become one.
Former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Laxman Savadi, who announced his decision to resign from the primary membership of the BJP after being denied ticket to contest in the May 10 Assembly elections, on Friday met senior Congress leaders, including its state unit President D K Shivakumar.
Former Karnataka Deputy CM Laxman Savadi, who quit BJP recently has decided to join the Congress, informed the party`s state president DK Shivakumar on Friday.
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