JDS Prez hints at resigning from post

Bengaluru: Days after JD(S) drew a blank in the assembly polls in Karnataka, party state president, H K Kumaraswamy, has hinted to resign from his post owning moral responsibility for the total rout faced by the party.

The former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda-led party that had won three of the 15 seats that went for the bypolls in the previous elections–K R Pete, Mahalakshmi Layout and Hunsur– drew a blank this time around.

Reportedly, H K Kumaraswamy offered to resign from the post at a meeting held on Wednesday, December 11. Former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, HD Revanna, Prajwal Revanna and Nikhil Kumaraswamy were present on the occasion.