Former Karnataka chief minister SM Krishna after joined Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi on Wednesday. Union Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation Sadananda Gowda is also seen. Pic/PTI

Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister S.M. Krishna on Wednesday joined the BJP and heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Krishna formally became a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of party president Amit Shah. He left the Congress earlier saying he was feeling neglected.