The former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda’s grandson Prajwal Revanna, who is contesting for the Hassan Lok Sabha seat, has his father and former Minister H.D. Revanna’s namesake in the fray as an opponent.
H.D. Revanna, 48, a resident of Kodihalli in Dandiganahalli hobli of Channarayapatna taluk, has filed nomination papers as a candidate of the Purvanchala Maha Panchayat Party for the Hassan seat.
This is not his first election. Mr. Revanna contested the Lok Sabha polls in 2009 as an Independent in Hassan and secured 14,447 votes. Interestingly, then, his name was K.D. Revanna. The initials in his name stood for Kodihalli, his village, and Dodde Gowda, his father. Later, he changed his name through the legal process to H.D. Revanna. In the changed name, the ‘H’ stands for Huchche Gowda, his grandfather.
