Congress member to join BJP today

Mangaluru: Former president of the

Ullal

block Congress committee

Santhosh Shetty

said that he will join the BJP along with more than 100 followers on Sunday.He told the media here on Saturday, that he will join the BJP officially at a party executive meeting. “I have decided to quit the Congress, as I am unhappy with Mangaluru MLA U T Khader’s functioning. Though

Khader

was a minister for six years, he has not contributed anything worth mentioning to his constituency. He could not bring a superspeciality hospital here, even when he was the health minister. He could not open a women’s college in the name of Rani Abbakka, and Ullal city still has no underground drainage system,” Shetty said.He added that ordinary party workers in Ullal are ignored, while Khader is surrounded by communal elements, and those who praise him. “Khader has been portraying small development works as his achievements. Meanwhile, he is not raising his voice against cattle thieves, cattle slaughterers and others who are engaged in illegal activities. We have faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Sabka saath sabka vikas’ mantra,” said Shetty.