Former Chief Minister and JD(S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy on Wednesday expressed confidence that the Vokkaliga community will not desert the party during the lifetime of party patriarch and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda.
Fielding queries from reporters on the speculation over Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar trying to lure JD(S) MLAs belonging to the Vokkaliga community, Mr. Kumaraswamy said he need not be worried about the people alienating themselves from the party despite the designs of the Congress leaders to win over the legislators. For, the community will remain with the party at least during Mr. Gowda’s lifetime, he said.
The Congress party and its leaders will pay a political price for luring the community’s MLAs, he remarked.
