Hassan: For the first time, the cracks in the JD (S) first family are now open in public. Former Minister has H. D. Revanna made it clear that he will not accept H. P. Swaroop as the party candidate from Hassan Constituency. Swaroop’s name is pushed by Former CM H. D. Kumaraswamy.
It can be recalled that Revanna’s wife Bhavani wanted to contest from this Constituency against BJP’s Preetham J. Gowda. But due to the opposition from H. D. Kumaraswamy, she is now asked not to contest.
However, Revanna is against fielding Kumaraswamy’s Candidate from the constituency. He is pushing names of many secondary leaders and a few leaders of the Congress who are ready to jump the ship.
“This is an Agni Pariksha for me,” stated Revanna.
Meanwhile, JD (S) sources are flooded with the news that Bhavani is planning to contest as an independent candidate from Hassan. This has added to the tension in the JD (S) first family.
According to a JD(S) leader who wished to be unnamed, Revanna communicated this possibility to H. D. Kumaraswamy who didn’t respond to this.