Independent MLA resigns from Karna assembly, to join BJP

Independent MLA, Halady Srinivas Shetty, who resigned from the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, today said he would join BJP onFebruary 2at the party office in Bengaluru.
Shetty, who represents Kundapur segment in Udupi district, told reporters at his residence that he had met assembly Speaker K B Koliwad yesterday at Ranebennur and tendered his resignation from the assembly.
The Speaker has accepted it and the technicalities for joining BJP have been resolved, he said.
To a question on his role in the BJP in future, Shetty said he would fulfill whatever responsibility was given to him by the party.
On the reported opposition to his entry into the party from some BJP local leaders, he said the state leaders would find a solution to the problems within the party in Kundapur.

Denying the Congress charge that there was 'zero development' in Kundapur when he was MLA, Shetty said he had brought several development works to the constituency.