M P Prakash, supporters formally join Congress

BANGALORE: Former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister M P Prakash and his supporters were on Sunday formally inducted into the Congress in the presence of party in-charge of state affairs Prithviraj Chavan.
    
Prakash along with former ministers including H S Mahadev Prasad, Sharanabasappa Darshanapur and Amergowda Bayyapura and some former MLAs who had quit the JDS a few weeks ago, joined the Congress at a function at the party office here.
    
They were welcomed into the party by KPCC President M Mallikarjuna Kharge and former Chief Minister N Dharam Singh.
    
Chavan urged party-men to work hard to bring the Congress back to power in the State in the coming assembly elections.