Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday took a dig at JD(S) leader and former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda for his son-in-law C.N. Manjunath’s candidature from the BJP in the coming Lok Sabha polls from Bengaluru Rural.
Addressing a meeting of party leaders from Mysuru, Kodagu and Chamarajanagar districts in Mysuru, Mr. Siddaramaiah regretted that Mr. Gowda, who had on different occasions earlier threatened to quit the country if Mr. Modi became the Prime Minister and vowed to be reborn as a Muslim, had now joined forces with the BJP.
“He has sent his son-in-law Manjunath to the BJP,” Mr. Siddaramaiah said adding that it was akin to saying that ‘You go first and we will follow you later’. Hence, the Chief Minister suggested that the Janata Dal (Secular) drop the word secular from its name.
