Udupi: Udupi district BJP president Kuilady Suresh Nayak on Friday said that the final decision over Congress leader Pramod Madhvaraj’s migration to BJP will be taken by the BJP state president.

Addressing a press conference at Hotel Kidiyur here, he said that the party members have mulled over in this regard and have passed on their opinion to the state president.

However, he clarified that the party members will stand with the decision of the state president whatsoever.

Further, he said that there has been no information regarding Karkala Congress leader Muniyalu Udaya Kumar Shetty joining the party (BJP).

“BJP welcomes anyone who believes in the party ideology. Be it Pramod Madhvaraj or anyone else, members make the party powerful when they believe in its ideology,” he said.

When asked whether BJP will turn out to be the new Congress since Congress leaders have been joining the party lately, he said that BJP will never become Congress.

“BJP was founded based on a strong ideology. No leader can grow beyond the confines of this ideology. Our party will never give in to a person or a family,” he added.

Now that the district BJP has green-signaled Madhvaraj’s joining into the party, the 8-year anticipation in this regard has finally come to a close.

There are chances that Madhvaraj will join the party in the presence of senior BJP leaders in Bengaluru, according to BJP sources.

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Shivamogga: The driver of a car traveling from Shivamogga to Anavatti was killed on the spot as the car collided head-on with a private bus near Devikoppa in Shiralakoppa on Wednesday afternoon.

Some of the passengers in the private bus traveling from Anavatti to Shivamogga reportedly sustained minor injuries in the accident.

Eye-witnesses have said that the bus was traveling at high speed and collided with the car near Devikoppa as the bus driver lost control.

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As the car was heavily damaged due to the impact of the collision, the police who arrived at the accident spot struggled to get the driver's body out of the car, to take it to the government hospital. The identity of the deceased driver is yet to be ascertained.

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