Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday described JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy as a “new face” to the people of Mandya from where he has been chosen as the BJP-JD(S) combine’s candidate for the Lok Sabha election.
Fielding reporters’ queries on Mr. Kumaraswamy’s candidature from Mandya, Mr. Siddaramaiah told reporters in Mysuru that the JD(S) leader would surely face a rout in the election as the Congress had fielded a strong local candidate Venkatarame Gowda, also known as ‘Star Chandru’.
When reporters said Mr. Kumaraswamy was considering Mandya as his ‘Karma Bhoomi’, Mr. Siddaramaiah drew attention to the loss suffered by the JD(S) leader’s son, Nikhil Kumaraswamy, in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in Mandya. Though Mr. Kumaraswamy was the Chief Minister of the State in 2019 when the Lok Sabha polls were held, he was unable to secure the victory of his son. “How will he win now? He will surely lose,” said Mr. Siddaramaiah.
