Former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy has said the JD(S) joined hands with the BJP in the interest of the nation and the welfare of poor people, not for any individual benefits.
Speaking at an election campaign meeting at Ramanthapura in Arakalgud taluk in Hassan district, Mr. Kumaraswamy said he would travel extensively across the state and work towards winning all 28 seats to ensure Narendra Modi continues as Prime Minister of the country.
As Chief Minister, Kumaraswamy said, he waived farm loans worth over ₹25,000 crores. Of that, ₹750 crore benefited farmers in Hassan alone. “People of all castes enjoyed the benefit,” he said, and he questioned if the guarantees of the Congress government reached the needy.
