Pressure was building up on former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy to either enter the poll fray from Mandya Lok Sabha constituency or field his son Nikhil Kumaraswamy in the coming Lok Sabha elections.
A meeting of the JD(S) held in Mandya on Friday to discuss the coming elections, which the party will fight in alliance with the BJP, saw party supporters rooting for the candidature of either Mr. Kumaraswamy or his son Nikhil. The supporters, who had gathered for the event, shouted slogans and interrupted the proceedings with cries for entry of Mr. Kumaraswamy or his son in the poll fray.
Former MP and JD(S) leader C.S. Puttaraju, who was among the probable candidates of the party, too stood up and said Mr. Kumaraswamy or Mr. Nikhil should file the nomination papers for the elections.