Actor-turned-politician Shashi Kumar, former Congress MP SP Muddahanumegowda and retired IAS officer BH Anil Kumar joined the BJP in poll-bound Karnataka on Thursday in the presence of CM Basavaraj Bommai. Congress Seva Dal state Vice-President Hanumantrao Javali, Samajwadi Party leader HY Ravikumar and former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit’s special officer Ramesh Muniyappa also joined the ruling party.