Bangalore, Jan 9
Former Karantaka BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa Thursday rejoined the party more than a year after leaving it to head the Karnataka Janata Party.
State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Pralhad Joshi handed over to Yeddyurappa party's primary membership letter at a function in the party office here. Former BJP ministers Shobha Karandlaje and C.M. Udasi were among others who rejoined the party.
Yeddyurappa, BJP's first chief minister in the state, told reporters that he decided to return to the party the day it announced Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as its prime ministerial candidate.
He said he and other state BJP leaders have put aside their difference "to work together to make Modi the prime minister".
Yeddyurappa, who was forced to quit as Karnataka's chief minister in July 2011 over corruption charges, said the aim is to win at least 20 of the 28 Lok Sabha seats in the forthcoming general elections.
By:IANS