State Congress president G. Parameshwara has been saying that about 20 BJP legislators, including several ministers, have sought entry to the party. He has given a list of those would could be taken in to the party high command and is waiting for its nod to open the doors.
The desertion from the BJP ranks would only increase if the party fails to put up a good show in the urban local body polls on March 7.
The elections are to be held for 208 urban local bodies, excepting BBMP (Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike or Greater Bangalore City Corporation).
The last date for filing nomination papers is Feb 23 and the counting is on March 11.
The Congress was a major winner in the last polls to these local bodies in 2007, followed by the JD-S with BJP in the third place.
The increasing desertions from its ranks ahead of these polls indicate that the BJP may not improve on its 2007 performance - a bad sign for the party facing assembly elections three months hence.
