Thiruvanantahapuram : Minister Muhammed Riyas enumerated name of former Congress Chief Ministers who exited to join BJP. With last Chief Minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh switching loyalty, the e list of Congress defectors rose to 8, said Muhammed Riyas in a Facebook post. The post comes in the wake of Congress senior AK Antony's son joining BJP recently.
The names as listed on the minister’s FB post:
1. SM Krishna (Karnataka)
2. Digambar Kamath (Goa)
3. Vijay Bahuguna (Uttarakhand)
4.ND Tiwari (Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand)
5. Prema Khandu (Arunachal Pradesh)
6. Biren Singh (Manipur),
7. Captain Amarinder Singh (Punjab)
8. N Kiran Kumar Reddy (Andhra Pradesh)