Karnataka regional party MLA joins Congress

Bengaluru March 6 (IANS) A legislator from Bidar in north Karnataka Ashok Kheny on Monday joined the Congress party a senior party official said.

"On behalf of the members of the Congress party I welcome Ashok Kheny on his joining the party " Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chief G. Parameshwara said.

Kheny 67 had contested and won from the Bidar South Assembly segment in 2013 polls as a Karnataka Makkala Paksha (KMP) candidate.

He is also the Managing Director of Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) which had taken up the construction of Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC).

With Kheny joining the Congress strength in the 224-member state assembly has gone up to 124 ahead of the assembly elections due in April-May.

--IANS
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