Coming full circle?
Veteran politician A.H. Vishwanath quit Congress in June 2017 to join JD(S) before bidding adieu to the regional party two years later in 2019 and joining the BJP. But Mr. Vishwanath, who was part of the Congress for long years, is finding himself at odds with the saffron outfit on a number of issues even though he is a BJP MLC.
Be it the revision of school textbooks, the 18th century Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan or the more recent controversy involving the seer of Sri Murugha Mutt of Chitradurga Shivamurthy Muruga Sharanaru, Mr. Vishwanath has broken ranks with his partymen and taken a stand that has clearly embarrassed the saffron party leadership and the BJP government in the State.
