Date:15/04/2003 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2003/04/15/stories/2003041505140103.htm

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Mallya joins Janata Party

BANGALORE APRIL 14. Business tycoon, Vijay Mallya, who made a dramatic exit from the Akhila Bharata Janata Dal after his ``isolation'' by the party leadership, today joined the Janata Party, taking over as the party national working president.

``The Janata Party national executive at its recent meeting in Bangalore offered the post and I have conveyed my formal acceptance," Mr. Mallya told PTI.