 "Former Union minister and Congress strongman S M Krishna joins BJP")
Former Karnataka chief minister S M Krishna on Wednesday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi, around seven weeks after he quit the Congress.
Krishna joined the BJP in presence of party Chief Amit Shah.
Krishna joined the BJP in presence of party Chief Amit Shah.
Krishna was scheduled to join the BJP on March 15 but had to postpone it due to the death of his sister.
Krishna (84) had announced his resignation from the Congress on January 29, saying the party was in a "state of confusion" on whether it needed mass leaders or not.
Krishna, who was the Karnataka chief minister from 1999 to 2004, had returned to state politics after stepping down as then External Affairs Minister in 2012.
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