Bengaluru: In a big set back to the JDS, former CM and Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader, Siddaramaiah will not be attending Nikhil Kumaraswamy’s nomination filing event today in Mandya.
Instead, he will be attending a Congress rally in Chitradurga.
It can be recalled that Nikhil’s mother, Anitha Kumaraswamy had personally invited Siddu to the nomination filing event. She had informed the former CM that if he attends the event, it will send a message of friendship to both the party cadres in the district.
Clashes between the JDS and Congress parties’ local leaders are ongoing as the latter are still opposing Nikhil’s candidature and are indirectly supporting independent candidate Sumalatha.