Deve Gowda’s Daughter-In-Law Denied Ticket In Party’s 2nd List

Bengaluru: 

HD Kumaraswamy-led Janata Dal (Secular) today released a second list featuring 49 names for the May 10 Karnataka polls, ending the chatter and family suspense over who will get the key Hassan seat.

HP Swaroop, a former Hassan zilla panchayat vice-president and son of former MLA late HS Prakash, will contest from Hassan seat, for which Mr Kumaraswamy’s sister-in-law was also in the running. Mr Kumaraswamy had underlined in the past that a party worker should be given a ticket in Hassan and that there was no question of any compromise on this.

HD Revanna’s wife Bhavani Revanna also wanted to contest from Hassan.

HD Kumaraswamy chaired the meet with party patriarch Deve Gowda and brother HD Revanna and made it clear that Bhavani Revanna, his sister-in-law, would not be fielded as the candidate from Hassan amid talks of family dynasty politics.