Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday is learnt to have spoken to JD(S) chief H D Deve Gowda over phone and sought his party's support to the Congress in the elections to the post of Bengaluru city mayor.
Sources in the chief minister's office said Siddaramaiah had called Gowda to discuss about the Cauvery river water issue. The chief minister mentioned about the mayoral election during the conversation and sought the JD (S)' support to the Congress. Support of the JD(S) is a must for the ruling party to retain the post of mayor.
The term of Manjunath Reddy as Bengaluru city mayor ended on August 11. Reddy, who is a Congress corporator, was elected mayor with JD(S) support in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) council. But now, the JD(S) has kept the Congress on tenterhooks on its support in the BBMP council.
Sources said Gowda did not assure anything to Siddaramaiah. The JD(S) national president told the chief minister that he would discuss with JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on whether to support the Congress in the BBMP.
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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday is learnt to have spoken to JD(S) chief H D Deve Gowda over phone and sought his party’s support to the Congress in the elections to the post of Bengaluru city mayor.
Sources in the chief minister’s office said Siddaramaiah had called Gowda to discuss about the Cauvery river water issue. The chief minister mentioned about the mayoral election during the conversation and sought the JD (S)’ support to the Congress. Support of the JD(S) is a must for the ruling party to retain the post of mayor.
The term of Manjunath Reddy as Bengaluru city mayor ended on August 11. Reddy, who is a Congress corporator, was elected mayor with JD(S) support in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) council. But now, the JD(S) has kept the Congress on tenterhooks on its support in the BBMP council.
Sources said Gowda did not assure anything to Siddaramaiah. The JD(S) national president told the chief minister that he would discuss with JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on whether to support the Congress in the BBMP.
Sources in the chief minister's office said Siddaramaiah had called Gowda to discuss about the Cauvery river water issue. The chief minister mentioned about the mayoral election during the conversation and sought the JD (S)' support to the Congress. Support of the JD(S) is a must for the ruling party to retain the post of mayor.
The term of Manjunath Reddy as Bengaluru city mayor ended on August 11. Reddy, who is a Congress corporator, was elected mayor with JD(S) support in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) council. But now, the JD(S) has kept the Congress on tenterhooks on its support in the BBMP council.
Sources said Gowda did not assure anything to Siddaramaiah. The JD(S) national president told the chief minister that he would discuss with JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on whether to support the Congress in the BBMP.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday is learnt to have spoken to JD(S) chief H D Deve Gowda over phone and sought his party’s support to the Congress in the elections to the post of Bengaluru city mayor.Sources in the chief minister’s office said Siddaramaiah had called Gowda to discuss about the Cauvery river water issue. The chief minister mentioned about the mayoral election during the conversation and sought the JD (S)’ support to the Congress. Support of the JD(S) is a must for the ruling party to retain the post of mayor.
The term of Manjunath Reddy as Bengaluru city mayor ended on August 11. Reddy, who is a Congress corporator, was elected mayor with JD(S) support in the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) council. But now, the JD(S) has kept the Congress on tenterhooks on its support in the BBMP council.
Sources said Gowda did not assure anything to Siddaramaiah. The JD(S) national president told the chief minister that he would discuss with JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy on whether to support the Congress in the BBMP.