"Some BJP legislators and leaders have expressed interest in joining our party and are in touch with us. But it is difficult to take everyone in as we will have our party leaders in thoseconstituencies," Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President G Parameshwara told reporters here.
"We will have to think before taking them in," he said.
Parameshwara, however, said a decision has already been made to take in sevenrebel leaders from the Janata Dal Secular.
They had earlier met CongressPresident Rahul Gandhi for joining the party.
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JDS had suspended them in June 2016 for voting against its official candidate and supporting the Congress in the biennial elections to fill four Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka.
Questioned whether Congress was attempting an 'Operation Hasta (hand)', similar to the 'Operation Kamala' by the BJP when it was in power, Parameshwara said, "You may call it anything...they are willing to join the party."
The strategy had helped the BJP secure a comfortable majority in the Assembly under the chief ministership of B S Yeddyurappa.
The Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee chief also described BJP national President Amit Shah's visit to the city yesterday as an attempt to stop internal fighting within the party state unit.
"Naturally during the visit, he has spoken aboutthe election. His visit will have no impact on us. Our strategy isbeyond theirs, so it will make no difference," he said.
Parameshwara also said that Rahul Gandhi is expected to visit Karnataka by the end of this month. Dates for his visit are yet to yet to finalised, he said.