Former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, who is contesting the coming Lok Sabha elections from Mandya as BJP-JD(S) combine’s candidate, on Saturday called upon former Minister A.H. Vishwanath at the latter’s residence in K.R. Nagar in Mysuru district.
Mr. Kumaraswamy’s meeting with Mr. Vishwanath, a BJP MLC, assumes significance as the two leaders had fallen out after the latter had resigned as JD(S) MLA representing Hunsur Assembly segment in 2019 along with 16 other MLAs, triggering the collapse of Congress-JD(S) coalition government.
Mr. Vishwanath, who was the State president of JD(S) when he resigned in 2019, had drawn flak from Mr. Kumaraswamy for bringing down the coalition government headed by him.
