Kumaraswamy's son likely candidate for Mandya LS seat: JD(S)

Asserting that the JD(S) would contest from Mandya constituency, its bastion, in the coming Lok Sabha election, the party leadership Sunday indicated Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil Kumaraswamy is likely to be the candidate.

Nikhil's candidature will mark the entry of former prime minister H D Deve Gowda's second grandson into electoral politics, as the JD(S) patriarch has already indicating that Prajwal Revanna is likely to be the party candidate from Hassan.

The assertion to claim Mandya came as Congress and JD(S) have decided to fight the parliamentary polls together but are yet to finalise a seat-sharing arrangement.

"I have been watching the political developments in Mandya Lok Sabha constituency. There is no question of JD(S) fleeing from Mandya. People there have supported Janata Dal at difficult times," Kumaraswamy told reporters in Shivamogga.

Stating that some people are now expressing their goodwill towards Mandya, without naming anybody, he said, "I know who has done what to the people of Mandya."