Bengaluru : Madhu Bangarappa, ex-JD(S) MLA and son of former Karnataka Chief Minister, the late S Bangarappa, on Friday officially joined the Congress party.

He, along with his supporters, joined the grand old party here in the presence of Congress General Secretary in charge of Karnataka Randeep Singh Surjewala, Leader of the opposition in the assembly Siddaramaiah, state unit President D K Shivakumar, and a host of other party leaders.

Madhu in March had announced his decision to join the Congress, quitting the JD(S), where he was the party’s working president.

Our aim is to strengthen the party with focused and like-minded individuals and I am sure Madhu Bangarappa will work towards the same, said, DK Shivakumar.