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Bangarappa joins SP

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, MARCH 10. The former Karnataka Chief Minister, S. Bangarappa, who resigned from the BJP and the Lok Sabha seat today, said he left the BJP as he was feeling "stifled'' and the party showed no signs of "amending'' its credentials.

Mr. Bangarappa said he took the decision "on moral grounds.'' He was opting out of the BJP as it was not secular and showed no signs of correcting itself. He had joined the party ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in November last. There is a view that the Karnataka leader is unhappy denial of presidentship of the BJP's State unit.

Mr. Bangarappa hailed the Samajwadi Party president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Mulayam Singh Yadav, for bringing down the BJP from 50 seats to nine in the State.

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