Deve Gowda ruled out Lok Sabha elections, and left the decision on Kumaraswamy’s candidature to PM Modi
main point:
- Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda has opted out of the Lok Sabha elections because he is 90.
- He said he would campaign for the candidates.
- Left the decision on the candidature of JD(S) state president HD Kumaraswamy to PM Modi.
Former Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda announced on January 22, 2024, that he would not contest the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The 90-year-old JD(S) supremo said he no longer wants to contest elections due to his age.
He said, “I am not contesting elections. I am 90 years old now. Whatever seats we get, wherever necessary, I will go there. I have some power to talk and memory power. With this, I am campaigning.” I will.”
Regarding the possible candidature of JD(S) state president HD Kumaraswamy in the Lok Sabha elections, Deve Gowda said no decision has been taken yet. He said that whatever decision Prime Minister Narendra Modi takes, he will follow it.
Deve Gowda praised PM Modi for the 11-day intensive “rituals” before the installation of Lord Ram’s idol in the newly constructed Ram temple in Ayodhya. Praising the Prime Minister, he said, “Modi has done a lot of ‘puny’, which is why he will inaugurate the Ram temple with utmost devotion and spiritual discipline.”
The former Prime Minister confirmed his presence at the inauguration ceremony along with his wife Chennamma on January 22. Notably, the JD(S) had joined the BJP-led NDA in September last year, and both parties had expressed their intention to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka together.
Deve Gowda said, “No decision has been taken yet. We will talk to Prime Minister Modi and whatever decision he takes, we will follow it.”
He said, “I am very happy to attend the consecration ceremony of Ram mandir. It will be a historic moment.”
Notably, the JD(S) had joined the BJP-led NDA in September last year, and both parties had expressed their intention to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka together.
