Arakalgud MLA A. Manju of the JD(S) has said he wishes former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda to contest for the Hassan Lok Sabha seat in the coming elections.
Speaking to press persons in Hassan on Friday, Mr. Manju said he had already appealed to Deve Gowda in a party meeting to contest from Hassan. “This will be his last election. I have been requesting him to contest from Hassan,” he said.
Mr. Manju also defended the party’s decision to remove C.M. Ibrahim from the position as the party’s State president. “The party had to take that decision after Ibrahim opposed an alliance with the NDA. Now H.D. Kumaraswamy has been appointed president,” he said.
