Bengaluru: Former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy was elected as the JD(S) State President on Thursday November 13.
The announcement was made by former Prime Minister and JD(S) Supremo H.D. Deve Gowda at the party head office on Race Course Road here.
JD(S) MLAs, MLCs and party office-bearers of various district committees were present on the occasion.
It may be recalled that Kumaraswamy had resigned following his party’s poor performance in the Assembly Polls held last year. After his resignation, A. Krishnappa was elected as the Party State President.
Krishnappa passed away just a few days after Lok Sabha polls in April this year leaving the position vacant which has now been filled by Kumaraswamy.
Restoring the Party
To restore the party from the grassroots level, Gowda has convened a convention of party leaders, former and sitting MLAs, party candidates, who lost Assembly and Lok Sabha elections, and prominent leaders on November 28 to discuss strategies to provide the JD(S) a strong regional party image.
“It is must for office-bearers to enrol maximum members for the party as positions will come at a price,” he said.
Gowda decided to restructure various wings of the party, including Parliamentary Affairs and Political Affairs Committees, which were dissolved recently.
