Deve Gowda and Sandesh Nagaraj, MLC, for abstaining from the elections. Though Mr. Gowda and Mr. Nagaraj enjoyed voting rights as people’s representatives, both chose to stay away from the elections held on February 24. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, JD(S) Mysuru City unit president K.T. He dared Mr. Gowda to resign from the Assembly and recontest as an independent candidate to prove his political strength. Mr. Cheluve Gowda said party leaders from Mysuru City and the district will resign en masse if the party does not act against Mr. Deve Gowda and Mr. Nagaraj.

Source: The Hindu February 27, 2021 17:26 UTC