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Mandya MP, actor-turned-politician Sumalatha Ambareesh joins BJP
Updated On: 05 April, 2024 02:53 PM IST | Bengaluru | mid-day online correspondent
Sumalatha joined BJP after talking to her supporters in Mandya. She had initially sought a BJP ticket for re-election in Mandya but later accepted the party`s decision to offer the seat to JD(S).
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Sumalatha Ambareesh joined BJP on Friday/ X
Sumalatha Ambareesh, an independent Member of Parliament from Mandya, Karnataka, officially joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday. Veteran BJP stalwarts B S Yediyurappa, B Y Vijayendra, R Ashoka, Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, and D V Sadananda Gowda welcomed her at the party`s state headquarters in Bengaluru, reported PTI.
Per the PTI report, BJP ceded the Mandya seat to its alliance partner JD(S) in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024; Sumalatha, on Wednesday, declared her decision to join the BJP after speaking with her supporters and well-wishers in Mandya. Despite initially seeking a BJP ticket for re-election in Mandya, previously represented by her late husband MH Ambareesh, she accepted the party`s decision to offer the seat to the JD(S), the report added.
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