When Siddaramaiah met S M Krishna in Kolar

ಮಾಜಿ ಸಚಿವರಾದ ದಿವಂಗತ ಎಂ.ವಿ. ಕೃಷ್ಣಪ್ಪ ಅವರ ಜನ್ಮ ಶತಮಾನೋತ್ಸವ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸಲು ಕೋಲಾರಕ್ಕೆ ತೆರಳಿದ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಅದೇ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಲ್ಗೊಳ್ಳಲು ಆಗಮಿಸಿದ್ದ ಎಸ್.ಎಂ. ಕೃಷ್ಣ ಅವರನ್ನು
ಭೇಟಿಯಾದ ಸಂದರ್ಭ. @INCKarnataka pic.twitter.com/d1luW08hK7

— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) February 3, 2019

Krishna, who served as the chief minister of Karnataka between 1999-2004, had left the Congress in 2017 to join the BJP after claiming he was sidelined by the Grand Old Party. Amid speculation that he will be joining the BJP, the leader had formally joined the party in March 2017, ahead of the state Assembly elections.

Krishna was brought into the BJP fold to boost its image amid the powerful Vokkaliga community in south Karnataka — a region where the BJP is yet to make inroads.