HASSAN: Predicting political polarisation after the Channapatna bypoll, Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries HD Kumaraswamy on Sunday said the election results will pave the way for the decline of Congress in the state.
After visiting the Hasanamba temple here with his wife Anitha, daughter-in-law and grandson, the JDS state president said he is confident that his son Nikhil will win the Channapatna constituency as the party has a strong base there. “Nikhil also has public sympathy as he was defeated in two previous elections due to the conspiracy of Congress leaders. He will taste victory against the best efforts of Congress,” he said.
Coming down heavily on Congress Channapatna candidate CP Yogeshwara for making “false statements” against coalition partners JDS and BJP, he said, “Why did Yogeshwara refuse to contest as the NDA candidate though the top brass decided to give him the B-form?”
Claiming that he is not getting the support of the state government in his bid to revive sick industries, Kumaraswamy said it will become difficult to set up new major industries in the state if the government does not shed this attitude.