Shri Ram Sene chief Pramod Muthalik joins BJP

March 23, 2014 16:06

Pramod Muthalik, the controversial chief of right-wing outfit Sri Ram Sene, who was linked with the attack on women at a pub in Mangalore in 2009, joined the BJP today.

Muthalik was welcomed into the party fold in the presence of state party president Prahalad Joshi, former chief minister Jagadish Shettar and former deputy chief minister K S Eshwarappa at a formal ceremony.

Muthalik later told reporters that he joined the BJP with the objective of ensuring that Narendra Modi becomes the country's next prime minister.

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