Congress MLA Belur Gopala Krishna denies allegation of contacting Sangh Parivar leader

Sagar MLA Belur Gopala Krishna | Photo Credit: File Photo Sagar MLA Belur Gopala Krishna of the Congress party has refuted allegations of contacting a Sangh Parivar leader with the intention of joining the BJP after he was denied a Cabinet berth.Addressing a press conference in Sagar on Wednesday, Mr. Gopala Krishna said he had many friends in the Sangh Parivar, several of whom favoured a Cabinet berth for him. However, he had not called anyone with the objective of joining the BJP. He was reacting to former Minister Haratalu Halappa’s allegation that he had approached a Sangh Parivar leader with the intention of joining the BJP after being disappointed over being denied a Cabinet berth.“Why should I join the BJP, when the Congress party is in power under a dynamic Chief Minister? The BJP,