BJP candidate for Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha constituency Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar and sitting MP Pratap Simmha made their first public appearance together in Mysuru on March 18 after the latter was denied the party ticket for the general elections. To send a message of unity after the ticket announcement, they jointly addressed a media conference in Mysuru.
Nevertheless, despite showing up together, there was no bonhomie between the two during the one-hour long media interaction where reporters posed a volley of questions to both on the political developments over the last week.
Mr. Simmha’s sarcastic comments about Mr. Wadiyar after he got a clue of him being replaced by the scion of the erstwhile Mysuru royal family did not go well with his party colleagues who decried his outbursts against the BJP candidate.
