After public opposition by senior leader Sushma Swaraj, the BJP on Thursday decided against merging BSR Congress with it even as the nomination of the party leader B. Sriramalu for the Bellary Lok Sabha seat was approved.
The BJP Parliamentary Board discussed the issue at length and disfavoured the merger of BSR Congress, sources said.
Mr. Sriramulu is a close confidante of the Reddy brothers who had to quit BJP after their arrest in the mining scam. At the same time, BJP decided to field Mr. Sriramulu from Bellary in Karnataka.
BJP's Karnataka unit president Prahlad Joshi said the
"Parliamentary Board has decided to field Mr. Sriramulu to contest from the Bellary Lok Sabha seat on a BJP ticket."
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