Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 9 -- Regi Lukose, a popular face of the Left on public forums and television debates, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Thiruvananthapuram on Thursday.

Lukose was formally welcomed into the party by state chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar at Mararji Bhavan, the party state headquarters.

Lukose said that he has been appearing on television news debates and political programmes for the past 13 years as a vocal supporter of the Left ideology. In addition, he has written columns extensively arguing in support of the Left ideology and the frontline party, CPI(M), in newspapers and magazines.

However, he claimed that he realised of late that the "decaying ideas" of the Left were not serving any benefits for the fut...