Mahadevappa pulls out of race for Congress ticket from Nanjangud, extends support to Darshan Dhruvanarayan

MYSURU

MYSURU

Former Minister H.C. Mahadevappa has pulled out of the race for Congress ticket to contest from Nanjangud (reserved) Assembly constituency in the coming elections and has declared his support to Darshan Dhruvanarayan’s candidature.

Mr. Mahadevappa, who was among the aspirants for the Congress ticket from Nanjangud, on Wednesday visited the residence of late Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) working president R. Dhruvanarayan, who passed away recently, and condoled his son Mr. Darshan Dhruvanarayan.

At the residence in Vijayanagar, Mr. Mahadevappa told a television channel that he was one of the hopefuls for the Congress ticket to contest from Nanjangud just like the late Mr. Dhruvanarayan. But, the party leadership had not taken any decision yet on the ticket.

“However, following my conscience, I have taken a decision to withdraw from the race for the party ticket and extend support to Mr. Darshan Dhruvanarayan”, said Mr. Mahadevappa.

His announcement to withdraw from the race for Congress ticket comes in the midst of growing clamour for the party ticket to Mr. Darshan Dhruvanarayan.

Mr. Mahadevappa, who had been contesting from T. Narsipur (reserved) segment, had chosen to back his son Sunil Bose’s candidature from T. Narsipur in the coming elections and instead contest from the Nanjangud constituency.