List of party switchers during Operation Lotus

The following India politicians switched parties via Operation Kamala to the Bharatiya Janata Party while they were holding elected office.

Karnataka 2008

MLA ConstituencyParty Notes RefsJ. Narasimha SwamyDoddaballapurIndian National CongressWon back seat as BJP candidateAnand AsnotikarKarwarJaggeshTuruvekereDid not contest. Nominated as MLC. Won by JDS candidate M. T. Krishnappa Gurupadappa NagamarapalliBidarDid not contest. Won by INC candidate Rahim KhanS. V. RamachandraJagalur (ST)Won back seat as BJP candidateM NarayanaswamyBangarapetC. P. YogeshwaraChannapatnaLost to JDS candidate M. C. AshwathV. SomannaGovindraj NagarLost to INC candidate Priya KrishnaBalachandra JarkiholiArabhaviJanata Dal (Secular)Won back seat as BJP candidateUmesh KattiHukkeriK. Shivanagouda NaikDevadurga (ST)D. C. GourishankarMadhugiriDid not contest. Won by JDS candidate Anitha Kumaraswamy

2019

Name Office Date of party switchOld partyNew party Notes RefsR. ShankarMLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Ranebennur14 Nov 2019Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party Bharatiya Janata PartyR. Shankar, who along with 15 other disqualified Congress and JD (S) MLAs joined the BJP.R. Roshan BaigMLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from ShivajinagarIndian National CongressPratap Gowda PatilMLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from MaskiM. T. B. NagarajuMLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from HoskoteShrimant Balasaheb PatilMLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from KagawadByrati BasavarajMLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from KrishnarajapuramMunirathnaMLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Rajarajeshwari NagarS. T. SomashekharMLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from YeshvanthapuraRamesh JarkiholiMLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from GokakAnand SinghMLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from VijayanagaraB. C. PatilMLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from HirekerurMahesh KumathalliMLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from AthaniDr. K. SudhakarMLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from ChikkaballapurArbail Shivaram HebbarMLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from YellapurK. GopalaiahMLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Mahalakshmi LayoutJanata Dal (Secular)Narayana GowdaMLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from KrishnarajpetAdagur H. VishwanathMLA of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Hunsur

See also

Anti-defection law (India) Operation Kamala Aaya Ram Gaya Ram List of state governments dismissed by the Indian National Congress

References