BSY, HDD and other leaders condole SL Dharme Gowda’s death

Bengaluru: Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa expressed shock over Karnataka Legislative Council Deputy Chairman S L Dharme Gowda, terming it ‘unfortunate’.

CM also lauded the MLC for efficiently conducting the legislative council as its deputy chairman.

JD(S) patriarch and former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, in a tweet, expressed shock over Dharme Gowda’s death and remembered him as a gentleman politician.

His death is a loss to the state, Deve Gowda added.

JD(S) leader and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy said Dharme Gowda was like a brother to him. “His death has caused a shock to me. He was an upright politician,” Kumaraswamy said in a tweet.

Dharme Gowda was at the centre of the high drama in the legislative council on December 15, which saw BJP-JD(S) and Congress members hurling abuses and pushing each other over a row pertaining to a no-confidence motion against Chairman K Pratapachandra Shetty.

During the ruckus, Dharme Gowda, who was on the Chairman”s seat, was pulled down by some Congress legislators who accused him of occupying the chair against the rules.