Senior BJP leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj has openly opposed the re-entry of 'tainted' mining barons of Bellary, the Reddy brothers into the party. Reacting to the media reports, she has tweeted opposing their return. "I am opposed to the BSR alliance or merger with BJP in Karnataka. I have conveyed to Shri Raj Nath Singhji in writing that BJP must not permit this," Sushma tweeted.
Sushma's open revolt is likely to force the BJP central leadership not to take the Reddy brothers back into the party. The Reddys had quit the BJP after they were arrested in the mining scam. They floated their own party called BSR Congress under the leadership of their confidante and former Karnataka minister B Sriramulu in 2012 to take on the BJP. The BSR Congress won 4 seats in the 2013 assembly elections in the state. After the failure of the experiment, the BSR Congress tried to merge with the Congress. The Congress declined their offer. After that the Karnataka BJP agreed to take them back into the party.
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