New Delhi, Oct 16 (UNI) The BJP is set to get a minor boost in the Rajya Sabha as in another blow to the Congress, KC Ramamurthy, the party’s Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka has quit and is all set to join the saffron party.
Congress parliamentarian gave up his Rajya Sabha seat as he handed over the papers to Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu here on Wednesday.
Ramamurthy is a former IPS officer and his resignation from Congress came on the eve of by-polls to some assembly seats in the state.
Mr Ramamurthy also said he had written to Congress President Sonia Gandhi informing her about his resignation.
A number of Rajya Sabha MPs from different parties have quit their respective parties and joined the BJP.
They include four Telugu Desam Party members. Neeraj Shekhar, Surendra Singh Nagar and Sanjay Seth had recently quit the Samajwadi Party and given up their Rajya Sabha membership to join the BJP.
Bhubneshwar Kalita and Sanjay Singh, both from the Congress, also resigned from the Upper House.
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