Former Karnataka CM SM Krishna to join BJP today

New Delhi: Former Karnataka chief minister SM Krishna will join the Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday.

The former external affairs minister had left the Congress on January 29.

The ex-Karnataka CM will be inducted into the BJP in the presence of its national president Amit Shah, leaders like Ananth Kumar and R Ashok from Karnataka.

The 84-year-old leader was scheduled to join the BJP on March 15 but had to postpone it due to the death of his sister Sunitha.

Krishna had announced his resignation from the Congress, saying the party was in a "state of confusion" on whether it needed mass leaders or not.

Krishna, who was the Karnataka Chief Minister from 1999 to 2004, had returned to state politics after stepping down as then External Affairs Minister in 2012.

He has also served as the Governor of Maharashtra.

Assembly Elections are due in Karnataka in April 2018.

(With Agency inputs)