Janata Dal (Secular) leader and former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, who returned home on Sunday after undergoing a heart procedure in Chennai, said the party’s candidate in Mandya would be made known by Monday evening.
“Leaders who grew in the party have now deserted us. None of them are standing beside me. There are no big leaders in the party. I will not disappoint you and by Monday evening the candidate for Mandya will be announced,” Mr. Kumaraswamy told hundreds of his followers, who had gathered in front of his J.P. Nagar residence here.
While he returned home to take a rest, party workers who had gathered insisted on hearing from him. Despite an appeal by his son, Nikhil Kumaraswamy, the workers did not budge and raised slogans declaring Mr. Kumaraswamy as the party’s candidate for Mandya. Later, the former Chief Minister told workers that though he was born in Hassan district, people in Mandya had showered love on him, and that he would not disappoint them.
