Former Chief Minister and Mandya Lok Sabha JD(S) candidate H.D. Kumaraswamy on Tuesday, April 16, stated that the Janata Dal-Secular will not cease to exist as pictured by the ruling Congress following its alliance with the BJP.
Without taking the name of Deputy Chief Minister and KPCC chief D.K. Shivakumar, Mr. Kumaraswamy said some people are saying that the JD(S) has been “sold” to the BJP. It is the party that has the blessings of farmers. It is a farmers’ party that cannot go away, the former CM said, at his election campaign in Malavalli.
He expressed confidence that the JD(S) will win the Mandya and two other seats it is contesting while the BJP will bag the remaining seats that are going to polls in the first phase on April 26.