A meeting between former Ministers G.T. Deve Gowda and S.R. Mahesh in Mysuru has sparked speculations in political circles of the former patching up with the JD(S) leadership.
Mr. Mahesh, a close confidante of former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, met Mr. Gowda at Jaladarshini Guest House in Mysuru on Sunday and extended to him an invitation to attend the Kempegowda Jayanthi celebrations scheduled to be held in K.R. Nagar on July 31.
Sources in the JD(S) were optimistic of Mr. Gowda attending the Kempegowda Jayanthi celebrations and sharing the dais with Mr. Kumaraswamy. Mr. Gowda, the JD(S) MLA representing Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency, had been nursing a grouse with the party leadership and had publicly expressed his desire to quit and join the Congress or the BJP.