Bengaluru: Two days after she announced at Mandya that she would be soon joining BJP, the party which backed her in the 2019 LS polls, independent MP from Mandya, Sumalatha Ambarish, wife of late actor and politician Ambarish, officially joined the BJP this morning at the BJP State Headquarters in Malleswaram, Bengaluru .
Former Chief Minister and BJP veteran B.S.Yediyurappa welcomed Sumalatha to the Party by presenting her the party flag, in the presence of BJP State election In-charge Radhamohandas Agarwal, State BJP Chief B.Y. Vijayendra, former Minister C.T. Ravi, Bangalore North MP and former Chief Minister D.V. Sadanandagowda, Opposition leader R. Ashoka and a host of other BJP leaders, her son Abhishek Ambarish, film producer Rockline Venkatesh and others. A large number of her supporters from Mandya thronged the State BJP headquarters to be present for the event. Former Cricketer Dodda Ganesh too joined the party on the occasion.
