HASSAN: Two JD(S) legislators – AT Ramaswamy and KM Shivalingegowda – from the district were conspicuous by their absence from the Janatha Jaladhare, the party’s flagship event in the run up to next year’s assembly elections, in Hassan on Thursday.
Both party supremo, former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, and his son, former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, were present at the event on their home turf. It is rumoured that the two JD(S) MLAs are looking to join the Congress and their absence was not lost on either Gowda or Kumaraswamy, who openly criticised the MLAs.
Kumaraswamy attacked the legislators, saying, in politics, one should not backstab anyone. He said during his tenure as CM, he had sanctioned Rs 500 crore for Shivalingegowda’s constituency of Arsikere but the three-time MLA is praising Congress opposition leader Siddaramaiah.
